Pearisburg, Town Of, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
About Pearisburg, Town Of
Pearisburg, Town Of serves about 2,760 people through 1,709 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 surface water, in Giles County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1071660; phone on file: 540-921-0340. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2019 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pearisburg, Town Of is 2.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.5 ppb |
Against other Virginia systems
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. Pearisburg, Town Of's 1.6 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Virginia and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Giles County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Pearisburg, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Narrows, Town Of | 2,029 | 0.77 ppb |
| Pembroke, Town Of | 1,167 | 1.1 ppb |
| Hoges Chapel | 1,114 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rich Creek, Town Of | 960 | 1.9 ppb |
| Stoney Creek | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Route 100 Area | 295 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wolf Creek | 212 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Lyn, Town Of | 193 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lhoist North America Of Virginia | 160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ram/Wayside Community Water System | 147 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pearisburg, 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 Pearisburg, Town Of 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.