Greene County Water & Sewer, VA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.38 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Greene County Water & Sewer serves about 8,500 people through 3,187 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Greene County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2079625; phone on file: 434-985-5288. 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 2023 (0.84 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Greene County Water & Sewer is 17 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.38 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.84 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 17 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 4.74 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. Greene County Water & Sewer's 0.38 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in Virginia and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Greene County
3 other systems share Greene County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Greene County Water & Sewer. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain Lakes Water Company | 2,304 | 10.1 ppb |
| Blue Ridge School | 260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rippin Run Subdivision | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ruckersville, 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 Greene County Water & Sewer 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.