Powell Mountain, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Powell Mountain at a glance
Powell Mountain serves about 48 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very 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: VA1071675; phone on file: 540-921-2525. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 3.9 ppb from 3.9 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Powell Mountain is 5.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.9 ppb |
How Powell Mountain 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. Powell Mountain's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th percentile in Virginia and the 3rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Giles County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Powell Mountain. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pearisburg, Town Of | 2,760 | 1.6 ppb |
| 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) |
Your move
Look up your address in Powell Mountain's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Powell Mountain 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.