Lake Caroline, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Lake Caroline at a glance
Lake Caroline serves about 2,933 people through 1,173 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Caroline County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA6033425; phone on file: 804-749-8868. 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 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake Caroline is 0.7 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0.33 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.7 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. Lake Caroline's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 41st percentile in Virginia and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Caroline County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lake Caroline. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Land`Or | 4,818 | 1.14 ppb |
| Caroline Utility System | 4,235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Four Winds Campground | 2,065 | 4.56 ppb |
| Bowling Green, Town Of | 1,233 | 0 (not detected) |
| Milford Sanitary District | 1,117 | 0 (not detected) |
| Campbell`S Creek Subdivision | 375 | 0.78 ppb |
| Port Royal, Town Of | 327 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Ridge Mhp | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Caroline Correctional Unit #2 | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakeshore Mhp | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Lake Caroline'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 Lake Caroline 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.