Kavanaugh Meads, VA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Kavanaugh Meads
Kavanaugh Meads serves about 120 people through 48 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Culpeper County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA6047318; phone on file: 540-825-2781. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 13 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kavanaugh Meads is 13 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.72 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. Kavanaugh Meads's 13 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Virginia and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
32 other systems share Culpeper County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Kavanaugh Meads. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Culpeper, Town Of | 21,184 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coffeewood Correctional Center | 2,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clevengers Village | 1,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairview Acres | 336 | 7 ppb |
| Dutch Hollow Subdivision | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Forest | 188 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pelham Manor | 183 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brenridge Subdivision | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedarbrooke Subdivision | 163 | 1.2 ppb |
| Overlook Heights Combined | 160 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Culpeper, 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 Kavanaugh Meads 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.