Rustburg Correctional Unit #9, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.76 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.
About Rustburg Correctional Unit #9
Rustburg Correctional Unit #9 serves about 142 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Campbell County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA5031275; phone on file: 434-983-4013. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.83 ppb from 3.59 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rustburg Correctional Unit #9 is 7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.76 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.59 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.82 ppb |
| 2016 | 7 ppb |
How Rustburg Correctional Unit #9 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. Rustburg Correctional Unit #9's 1.76 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Virginia and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Campbell County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rustburg Correctional Unit #9. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell County Central System | 21,761 | 9.92 ppb |
| Altavista, Town Of | 3,850 | 1.5 ppb |
| Campbell County East System | 2,505 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookneal, Town Of | 1,500 | 2.6 ppb |
| Knoll Woods/Ivy Acres | 360 | 0 (not detected) |
| Locust Gardens Mhp | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastbrook Mobile Home Court | 56 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Dillwyn, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dillwyn, 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 Rustburg Correctional Unit #9 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.