Northeast Regional Water Systems, VA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.71 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Northeast Regional Water Systems at a glance
Northeast Regional Water Systems serves about 3,214 people through 45 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 Sussex County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA3183590; phone on file: 434-983-4013. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Northeast Regional Water Systems's lead record
That is up 3.87 ppb from 3.84 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Northeast Regional Water Systems is 35.8 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.71 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.84 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.27 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.27 ppb |
| 2018 | 35.8 ppb over 15 |
How Northeast Regional Water Systems 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. Northeast Regional Water Systems's 7.71 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Virginia and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Sussex County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Northeast Regional Water Systems. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Waverly, Town Of | 2,640 | 1 ppb |
| Wakefield, Town Of | 1,116 | 2.62 ppb |
| Stony Creek, Town Of | 273 | 3.42 ppb |
| Birch Island Apartments | 128 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Dillwyn, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dillwyn, 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 Northeast Regional Water Systems 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.