Hillsville, Town Of, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Hillsville, Town Of
Hillsville, Town Of serves about 2,884 people through 1,171 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 Carroll County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1035295; phone on file: 276-728-2128. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Hillsville, Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hillsville, Town Of is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
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. Hillsville, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 41st percentile in Virginia and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Carroll County
9 other systems share Carroll County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hillsville, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Carroll Regional Water System | 7,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cana Regional Water System | 1,496 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fancy Gap | 530 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chalet High, Inc | 340 | 13 ppb |
| I-77 Exit 1 | 325 | 0 (not detected) |
| Olde Mill Golf Course | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tower Road | 260 | 6.2 ppb |
| Cascade Mountain Resort | 145 | 6.43 ppb |
| Laurel Meadows Home | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Hillsville, Town Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Hillsville, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.