James River Estates, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.19 ppb (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. 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.
James River Estates at a glance
James River Estates serves about 219 people through 97 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Goochland County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4075400; phone on file: 804-749-8868. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
James River Estates's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.56 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for James River Estates is 1.19 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.19 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.56 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0.6 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. James River Estates's 1.19 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Virginia and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Goochland County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than James River Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Goochland Central Water System | 5,805 | 0 (not detected) |
| Goochland Courthouse | 3,068 | 0 (not detected) |
| James River Correctional Ctr | 1,810 | 0 (not detected) |
| Manakin Farms | 948 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chelsea Rehabilitation And Healthcare | 184 | 0.33 ppb |
| Crozier | 115 | 4.1 ppb |
| Pagebrook | 60 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Oaks | 35 | 10.1 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 James River Estates 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.