Smithfield, Town Of, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Smithfield, Town Of serves about 8,089 people through 2,972 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA3093640; phone on file: 757-365-9505. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Smithfield, Town Of is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Smithfield, Town Of 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. Smithfield, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 45th percentile in Virginia and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Isle Of Wight County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Smithfield, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Development Service Dist. | 7,050 | 0 (not detected) |
| Windsor, Town Of | 2,400 | 3.77 ppb |
| Gatling Pointe | 1,470 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camptown | 855 | - |
| Clydes Dale Community | 600 | 4.58 ppb |
| Smithfield Heights/Sandy Mount Manor | 475 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wrenns Mill Estates | 372 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carrsville | 313 | 3.39 ppb |
| Lawnes Point | 228 | 0 (not detected) |
| Days Point | 225 | 0.85 ppb |
Next steps for Smithfield, VA
Look up your address in Smithfield, Town Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Smithfield, Town Of 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.