Prince George Woods Estates, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.21 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.
About Prince George Woods Estates
Prince George Woods Estates serves about 60 people through 13 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 groundwater, in Prince George County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA3149620; phone on file: 804-722-8706. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Prince George Woods Estates's lead record
That is down 10.79 ppb from 15 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Prince George Woods Estates is 15 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.21 ppb |
| 2020 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Prince George Woods Estates 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. Prince George Woods Estates's 4.21 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Virginia and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Prince George County
8 other systems share Prince George County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Prince George Woods Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ft Gregg-Adams (Ft Lee) | 28,580 | 0 (not detected) |
| Puddledock Road | 9,271 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Farms | 1,071 | 1.34 ppb |
| Rivers Edge Subdivision | 441 | 2.58 ppb |
| Cedarwood | 333 | 2.33 ppb |
| Bexley Park | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clayton Whispering Winds Mhe | 122 | 1.04 ppb |
| Clayton Manning Mobile Home Estates | 35 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Prince George, 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 Prince George Woods Estates 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.