Stewartsville Consecutive, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 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.
About Stewartsville Consecutive
Stewartsville Consecutive serves about 340 people through 143 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Bedford County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA5019795; phone on file: 540-586-7679. 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 up 1.76 ppb from 0.54 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Stewartsville Consecutive is 2.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.54 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Stewartsville Consecutive 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. Stewartsville Consecutive's 2.3 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Virginia and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Bedford County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Stewartsville Consecutive. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford Regional Water Authority (Brwa) | 38,794 | 1.6 ppb |
| Montvale Water, Inc. | 698 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mountain View Shores | 490 | 2.5 ppb |
| Hardy Road Trailer Park, Section 2 | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Virginia Ridge | 180 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ridgeview Village | 128 | 0 (not detected) |
| Timber Ridge Subdivision | 110 | 5 ppb |
| Chamblissburg Mhc | 75 | - |
| Woodhaven Nursing Home | 75 | 2.6 ppb |
| Valley Mills Crossing | 70 | 3.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bedford, 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 Stewartsville Consecutive 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.