New Kent Courthouse, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.33 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.
New Kent Courthouse at a glance
New Kent Courthouse serves about 3,187 people through 232 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 groundwater, in New Kent County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4127530; phone on file: 804-966-9625. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (2.19 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Kent Courthouse is 2.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.33 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.19 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.8 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. New Kent Courthouse's 2.33 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Virginia and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in New Kent County
17 other systems share New Kent County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Kent Courthouse. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Central Water System | 7,864 | 3.52 ppb |
| Bottoms Bridge | 2,510 | 2.14 ppb |
| Woodhaven Shores | 1,365 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parham Landing | 561 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Colonies | 548 | 2.57 ppb |
| Wood`S Edge | 488 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rockahock Campgrounds, Inc | 375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Five Lakes No 1 | 360 | 1.39 ppb |
| Cumberland Hospital | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookwood Manor | 230 | 1.53 ppb |
Next steps for New Kent, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Kent, 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 New Kent Courthouse 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.