Marle Hill Section 3, 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.
Who runs the water here
Marle Hill Section 3 serves about 108 people through 43 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in King William County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4101503; phone on file: 804-446-9814. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Marle Hill Section 3's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Marle Hill Section 3 is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Marle Hill Section 3 compares
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. Marle Hill Section 3's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 14th percentile in Virginia and the 10th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share King William County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Marle Hill Section 3. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Point, Town Of | 3,063 | 3.9 ppb |
| Central Garage Water System | 2,263 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Springs | 985 | 0 (not detected) |
| Venter Heights Subdivision | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Crest | 338 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodruff Subdivision | 153 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marle Hill Subdivision | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
| Braxtons Landing | 65 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mt. Olive Church Comm. Well Co | 60 | 0 (not detected) |
| Black Creek Subdivision | 48 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Hopewell, VA
Look up your address in Marle Hill Section 3'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 Marle Hill Section 3 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.