Fort Story, VA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.38 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Fort Story
Fort Story serves about 2,510 people through 256 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws surface water. EPA system ID: VA3810210; phone on file: 757-888-0484. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.18 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fort Story is 17.9 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.38 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 17.9 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 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. Fort Story's 3.38 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Virginia and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ft. Eustis, 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 Fort Story 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.