Scpsa-Big Moccasin, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 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.
Who runs the water here
Scpsa-Big Moccasin serves about 144 people through 60 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 surface water, in Scott County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1169380; phone on file: 276-386-3401. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Scpsa-Big Moccasin's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Scpsa-Big Moccasin is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
How Scpsa-Big Moccasin 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. Scpsa-Big Moccasin's 4 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Virginia and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Scott County
10 other systems share Scott County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Scpsa-Big Moccasin. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moccasin Gap_scott Co Psa | 5,412 | 0 (not detected) |
| Duffield_scott Co Psa | 4,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gate City, Town Of | 2,034 | 5.19 ppb |
| Scpsa - Nickelsville | 1,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Daniel Boone/Scott Co Psa | 918 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ecv/Scott Co Psa | 437 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dungannon, Town Of | 410 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scpsa-Manville | 177 | - |
| Cove Creek/Scott Co Psa | 139 | 0 (not detected) |
| Boozy Creek/Scott Co Psa | 139 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Weber City, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Weber City, 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 Scpsa-Big Moccasin 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.