Palmyra, VA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Palmyra
Palmyra serves about 90 people through 34 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Fluvanna County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2065540; phone on file: 804-749-8868. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Palmyra's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Palmyra is 40 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.67 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 28.59 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 40 ppb over 15 |
How Palmyra 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. Palmyra's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 11th percentile in Virginia and the 8th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Fluvanna County
7 other systems share Fluvanna County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Palmyra. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Monticello | 12,943 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fork Union Sanitary District | 2,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fluvanna Correctional Center For Women | 1,650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Columbia | 110 | 0.78 ppb |
| Pine Grove Mobile Home Park | 80 | 2.19 ppb |
| Stagecoach Hills | 70 | 2.59 ppb |
| Fluvanna County Zion Crossroads | 25 | 0.35 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rockville, 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 Palmyra whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.