Selma / Low Moor / Valley Ridge, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.87 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Selma / Low Moor / Valley Ridge serves about 1,884 people through 617 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 Alleghany County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2005840; phone on file: 540-863-6650. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Selma / Low Moor / Valley Ridge's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Selma / Low Moor / Valley Ridge is 2.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.87 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.8 ppb |
How Selma / Low Moor / Valley Ridge 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. Selma / Low Moor / Valley Ridge's 0.87 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in Virginia and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Alleghany County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Selma / Low Moor / Valley Ridge. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton Forge, Town Of | 3,884 | 2.4 ppb |
| Pounding Mill | 1,965 | 3.5 ppb |
| Cliftondale Park/ Wilson Creek/ Sharon | 1,860 | 2.7 ppb |
| Intervale/Clearwater Park | 1,332 | 0.5 ppb |
| Rosedale/Callaghan | 858 | 0.82 ppb |
| Cherokee | 504 | 0.46 ppb |
| Iron Gate, Town Of | 408 | 1.54 ppb |
| Wesgate | 288 | 1.5 ppb |
| Longdale Furnace | 70 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Covington, 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 Selma / Low Moor / Valley Ridge 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.