Queens Lake System, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.58 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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Queens Lake System serves about 1,375 people through 556 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in York County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA3199700; phone on file: 804-749-8868. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 4.58 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Queens Lake System is 4.58 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.58 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
How Queens Lake System 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. Queens Lake System's 4.58 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Virginia and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share York County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Queens Lake System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Yorktown Naval Weapons Station | 2,386 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lightfoot System | 1,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| York Terrace System | 755 | 1.56 ppb |
| Cheatham Annex | 632 | 1 ppb |
| Nelson Park | 530 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carver Gardens | 163 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rockville, 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 Queens Lake System 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.