General Parker Shores, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.06 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.
About General Parker Shores
General Parker Shores serves about 58 people through 21 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4193440; phone on file: 804-749-8868. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
General Parker Shores's lead record
That is down 3.5 ppb from 6.56 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for General Parker Shores is 6.56 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.06 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.56 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. General Parker Shores's 3.06 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Virginia and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Westmoreland County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than General Parker Shores. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Colonial Beach, Town Of | 3,875 | 0 (not detected) |
| Potomac Westmoreland Shores | 1,743 | 1 ppb |
| Cabin Point And Glebe Harbour | 1,450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stratford Harbour | 1,230 | 2 ppb |
| Montross, Town Of | 1,163 | 0 (not detected) |
| Placid Bay Estates | 946 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berkley Beach - Ebb Tide Beach | 892 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westmoreland County Industrial Park | 802 | 5.88 ppb |
| Monroe Bay Estates | 475 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kinsale, Town Of | 198 | 2.45 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 General Parker Shores 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.