Rich Creek, Town Of, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 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
Rich Creek, Town Of serves about 960 people through 435 service connections, which makes it a 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: VA1071700; phone on file: 304-920-5103. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Rich Creek, Town Of's lead record
That is down 1.1 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rich Creek, Town Of is 3.2 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.78 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.2 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. Rich Creek, Town Of's 1.9 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Virginia and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Giles County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rich Creek, Town Of. 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) |
| 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) |
| Ram/Wayside Community Water System | 147 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rich Creek, 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 Rich Creek, Town Of 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.