Shenandoah River Estates, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.47 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.
Shenandoah River Estates at a glance
Shenandoah River Estates serves about 265 people through 45 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Warren County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2187754; phone on file: 540-635-6691. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Shenandoah River Estates is 8.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.47 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.07 ppb |
| 2017 | 8.2 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. Shenandoah River Estates's 1.47 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Virginia and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Warren County
9 other systems share Warren County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Shenandoah River Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Front Royal, Town Of | 15,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| High Knob | 1,500 | 6.5 ppb |
| Shenandoah Shores Subdivision | 850 | 2.25 ppb |
| Freezeland Manor Subdivision | 140 | 2.52 ppb |
| Dungadin Subdivision | 120 | 14.7 ppb |
| Hidden Springs Senior Living Facility | 111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson`S Meadow | 100 | 2.27 ppb |
| St Annes Loving Arms | 100 | 2.46 ppb |
| Brinklow Mhp James Street | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Front Royal, 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 Shenandoah River Estates 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.