Farnham Manor, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.95 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Farnham Manor serves about 77 people through 8 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Richmond County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4159235. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1.55 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Farnham Manor is 1.55 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.95 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.55 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.32 ppb |
Against other Virginia systems
Of the 996 Virginia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 59 have gone over at some point. Farnham Manor's 0.95 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in Virginia and the 50th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Richmond County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Farnham Manor. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Warsaw, Town Of | 1,815 | 2.89 ppb |
| Haynesville Correctional Center | 1,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Luttrellville | 175 | 1.24 ppb |
| Bell Acres | 68 | 0 (not detected) |
| Schoolhouse Meadows | 45 | 2 ppb |
| Pleasant View Estates | 28 | 0.66 ppb |
Next steps for Farnham Manor, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Farnham Manor, VA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Farnham Manor whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.