Powhatan Courthouse, VA
Lead reported as not detected
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 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.
Powhatan Courthouse at a glance
Powhatan Courthouse serves about 3,005 people through 325 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Powhatan County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4145675; phone on file: 804-749-8868. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.21 ppb from 2.21 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Powhatan Courthouse is 2.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2.21 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.21 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.96 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.3 ppb |
How Powhatan Courthouse 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. Powhatan Courthouse's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 42nd percentile in Virginia and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Powhatan County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Powhatan Courthouse. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Founders Bridge | 980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tilmans Farm | 437 | 0.47 ppb |
| Lake Shawnee Estates | 379 | 2.19 ppb |
| Mill Quarter Plantation | 330 | 7.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Powhatan Courthouse'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 Powhatan Courthouse 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.