South Hill, 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
South Hill, Town Of serves about 4,600 people through 2,632 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 surface water, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA5117800; phone on file: 434-447-3191. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 10.5 ppb from 10.5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Hill, Town Of is 10.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 10.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Virginia systems
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. South Hill, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 43rd percentile in Virginia and the 34th 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 Mecklenburg County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than South Hill, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Roanoke River Service Authority | 3,073 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chase City,Town Of | 2,242 | 2.21 ppb |
| Clarksville, Town Of | 1,400 | 2.14 ppb |
| River Ridge | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| La Crosse, Town Of | 850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foxland Cove | 473 | 3.81 ppb |
| Boydton, Town Of | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buffalo Creek Estates | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Great Creek Landing | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
| Joyceville-Holly Grove | 205 | 2.88 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in South Hill, 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 South Hill, 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.