Gate City, Town Of, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.19 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Gate City, Town Of at a glance
Gate City, Town Of serves about 2,034 people through 1,216 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Scott County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1169405; phone on file: 276-690-6138. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (4.93 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gate City, Town Of is 5.19 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.19 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.93 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.48 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.48 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.97 ppb |
How Gate City, Town Of compares
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. Gate City, Town Of's 5.19 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Virginia and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Scott County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gate City, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moccasin Gap_scott Co Psa | 5,412 | 0 (not detected) |
| Duffield_scott Co Psa | 4,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scpsa - Nickelsville | 1,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Daniel Boone/Scott Co Psa | 918 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ecv/Scott Co Psa | 437 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dungannon, Town Of | 410 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scpsa-Manville | 177 | - |
| Scpsa-Big Moccasin | 144 | 4 ppb |
| Cove Creek/Scott Co Psa | 139 | 0 (not detected) |
| Boozy Creek/Scott Co Psa | 139 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gate City, 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 Gate City, Town Of 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.