Newbern Heights, VA
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Newbern Heights
Newbern Heights serves about 292 people through 100 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 surface water, in Pulaski County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1155521. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Pulaski County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pulaski, Town Of | 9,473 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pulaski County Psa | 9,452 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dublin Town Of | 6,538 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mt Olivet | 345 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakeview Waterworks | 120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookmont Area | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riverbend Subdivision | 72 | 5.3 ppb |
| Lakewood Estates | 65 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dulaney Trailer Park | 31 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Pulaski, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pulaski, 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 Newbern Heights 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.