Narrows, Town Of, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.77 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
About Narrows, Town Of
Narrows, Town Of serves about 2,029 people through 1,127 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Giles County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1071565. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Narrows, Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Narrows, Town Of is 1.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.77 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.7 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. Narrows, Town Of's 0.77 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Virginia and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Giles County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Narrows, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pearisburg, Town Of | 2,760 | 1.6 ppb |
| Pembroke, Town Of | 1,167 | 1.1 ppb |
| Hoges Chapel | 1,114 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rich Creek, Town Of | 960 | 1.9 ppb |
| Stoney Creek | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Route 100 Area | 295 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wolf Creek | 212 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Lyn, Town Of | 193 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lhoist North America Of Virginia | 160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ram/Wayside Community Water System | 147 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Narrows, 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 Narrows, 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.