Hanover Farms, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.56 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.
Hanover Farms at a glance
Hanover Farms serves about 471 people through 157 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hanover County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4085350; phone on file: 804-749-8868. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Hanover Farms's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hanover Farms is 0.56 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.56 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0.51 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. Hanover Farms's 0.56 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Virginia and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hanover County
17 other systems share Hanover County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hanover Farms. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hanover Suburban Water System | 57,931 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spring Meadows-Meadow Gate | 2,362 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mayfield Farms | 1,444 | 1.22 ppb |
| Avondale | 1,285 | 2.56 ppb |
| Cherrydale Subdivision | 928 | 1.36 ppb |
| Rural Point Central | 690 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Hill Estates | 350 | 5 ppb |
| Walnut Grove No 1 | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holly Ridge No 1 | 279 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colonial Forest | 246 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
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 Hanover Farms 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.