Five Lakes No 1, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.39 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Five Lakes No 1 serves about 360 people through 99 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in New Kent County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4127198; phone on file: 804-749-8868. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.48 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Five Lakes No 1 is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.39 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.48 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.31 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 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. Five Lakes No 1's 1.39 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Virginia and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share New Kent County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Five Lakes No 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Central Water System | 7,864 | 3.52 ppb |
| New Kent Courthouse | 3,187 | 2.33 ppb |
| Bottoms Bridge | 2,510 | 2.14 ppb |
| Woodhaven Shores | 1,365 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parham Landing | 561 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Colonies | 548 | 2.57 ppb |
| Wood`S Edge | 488 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rockahock Campgrounds, Inc | 375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cumberland Hospital | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookwood Manor | 230 | 1.53 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rockville, 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 Five Lakes No 1 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.