St Paul, 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.
St Paul, Town Of at a glance
St Paul, Town Of serves about 1,010 people through 643 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 Wise County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1195700; phone on file: 276-762-5297. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
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 St Paul, 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) |
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. St Paul, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in Virginia and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Wise County
7 other systems share Wise County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than St Paul, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wise County Regional Water System | 11,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Big Stone Gap, Town Of | 9,372 | 5 ppb |
| Wise, Town Of | 6,375 | 2 ppb |
| Coeburn, Town Of | 4,630 | 0 (not detected) |
| Appalachia, Town Of | 2,745 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wcpsa-Pound | 2,501 | 4 ppb |
| Bold Camp | 943 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in St Paul, 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 St Paul, 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.