Pine Hill, VA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11.3 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Pine Hill at a glance
Pine Hill serves about 71 people through 21 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Botetourt County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2161668; phone on file: 540-977-4111. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 11.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pine Hill is 11.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 3.08 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.2 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. Pine Hill's 11.3 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Virginia and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Botetourt County
25 other systems share Botetourt County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pine Hill. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | 2,773 | 2.27 ppb |
| Rainbow Forest | 1,665 | 1.74 ppb |
| Buchanan, Town Of | 1,220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fincastle, Town Of | 952 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Oak Estates | 930 | 3.47 ppb |
| Ashley Plantation | 875 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakwood/Parkview | 630 | 1.13 ppb |
| Troutville, Town Of | 500 | 7.2 ppb |
| Brookfield | 415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Heatherstone/Botetourt Forest | 356 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Roanoke, 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 Pine Hill 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.