Riner Community, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (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. 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.
Riner Community at a glance
Riner Community serves about 1,161 people through 416 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 Montgomery County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1121655. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.02 ppb from 0.68 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Riner Community is 2.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.68 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.9 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Riner Community's 2.7 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Virginia and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Montgomery County
14 other systems share Montgomery County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Riner Community. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Blacksburg, Town Of | 34,578 | 0 (not detected) |
| Christiansburg Town Of | 22,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prices Fork/Merrimac | 4,541 | 0.51 ppb |
| Christiansburg Elliston Waterline | 3,626 | 2.91 ppb |
| Plum Creek | 1,740 | 0 (not detected) |
| Radford Army Ammunition Plant | 1,602 | 4.37 ppb |
| Bethel Area | 1,247 | 1.2 ppb |
| Belview | 1,034 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mudpike Road Waterline | 353 | 0.33 ppb |
| White Pine Village | 130 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Christiansburg, 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 Riner Community 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.