North Spring Behavioral Healthcare, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.3 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
North Spring Behavioral Healthcare at a glance
North Spring Behavioral Healthcare serves about 225 people through 5 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Loudoun County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA6107725; phone on file: 703-777-0800. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 7.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Spring Behavioral Healthcare is 12.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.57 ppb |
| 2017 | 12.9 ppb over 10 |
How North Spring Behavioral Healthcare 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. North Spring Behavioral Healthcare's 7.3 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Virginia and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Loudoun County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than North Spring Behavioral Healthcare. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Loudoun Water - Central System | 334,808 | 0.5 ppb |
| Leesburg, Town Of | 65,028 | 0 (not detected) |
| Purcellville, Town Of | 8,929 | 0 (not detected) |
| Round Hill, Town Of | 5,055 | 3.44 ppb |
| Lovettsville, Town Of | 2,964 | 2.3 ppb |
| Hamilton, Town Of | 2,240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Selma Estates | 1,540 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elysian Heights | 1,061 | 0 (not detected) |
| Middleburg, Town Of | 803 | 5.33 ppb |
| Stoneleigh | 438 | 9.2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Leesburg, 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 North Spring Behavioral Healthcare 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.