Peacock Hill Subdivision, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.35 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Peacock Hill Subdivision serves about 475 people through 175 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Albemarle County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2003650; phone on file: 434-245-7099. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Peacock Hill Subdivision's lead record
That is down 1.33 ppb from 2.68 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Peacock Hill Subdivision is 2.68 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.35 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.68 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.01 ppb |
How Peacock Hill Subdivision 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. Peacock Hill Subdivision's 1.35 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Virginia and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Albemarle County
20 other systems share Albemarle County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Peacock Hill Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Acsa Urban Area | 77,408 | 0 (not detected) |
| Acsa Crozet | 12,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Acsa Scottsville | 710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Keswick Estates | 504 | 8 ppb |
| Earlysville Forest | 488 | 0 (not detected) |
| Miller School | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Acsa Red Hill | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woods Edge Subdivision | 110 | 0 (not detected) |
| Langford Subdivision | 97 | 6.11 ppb |
| Faith Mission Home | 95 | 1.14 ppb |
Next steps for Ivy, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ivy, 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 Peacock Hill Subdivision 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.