Mckenney, Town Of, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.3 ppb (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. 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.
Mckenney, Town Of at a glance
Mckenney, Town Of serves about 482 people through 245 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA3053700; phone on file: 804-478-4621. 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 2.1 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mckenney, Town Of is 7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 7 ppb |
How Mckenney, Town Of 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. Mckenney, Town Of's 3.3 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Virginia and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Dinwiddie County
5 other systems share Dinwiddie County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Mckenney, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Dcwa Central | 7,418 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chesdin Manor Subdivision | 315 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stony Springs Subdivision | 145 | 5.9 ppb |
| Lew Jones Subdivision | 62 | 2.06 ppb |
| Azzie Manor Home For Adults | 39 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Mckenney, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mckenney, 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 Mckenney, Town Of 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.