Long Branch Shores, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.35 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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Long Branch Shores serves about 85 people through 37 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA5117419; 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.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (2.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Long Branch Shores is 3.56 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.35 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.21 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.85 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.56 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 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. Long Branch Shores's 2.35 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Virginia and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Mecklenburg County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Long Branch Shores. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| South Hill, Town Of | 4,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roanoke River Service Authority | 3,073 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chase City,Town Of | 2,242 | 2.21 ppb |
| Clarksville, Town Of | 1,400 | 2.14 ppb |
| River Ridge | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| La Crosse, Town Of | 850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foxland Cove | 473 | 3.81 ppb |
| Boydton, Town Of | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buffalo Creek Estates | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Great Creek Landing | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
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 Long Branch Shores 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.