Tangier, Town Of, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Tangier, Town Of
Tangier, Town Of serves about 393 people through 315 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 groundwater, in Accomack County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA3001833; phone on file: 757-891-2438. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Tangier, Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tangier, Town Of is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
How Tangier, 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. Tangier, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 27th percentile in Virginia and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Accomack County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tangier, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chincoteague, Town Of | 3,344 | 6.59 ppb |
| Captains Cove | 2,380 | 1.74 ppb |
| Nasa Wallops Flight Facility | 1,625 | 2.78 ppb |
| Onancock, Town Of | 1,525 | 4.98 ppb |
| Virginia Landing | 975 | 0.8 ppb |
| Parksley, Town Of | 804 | 9.5 ppb |
| Trails End | 495 | 0.5 ppb |
| Rolling Acres Subdivision | 170 | 3.53 ppb |
| Accomack Manor | 155 | 0 (not detected) |
| Triangle Enterprises Mhp | 152 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Tangier, VA
Look up your address in Tangier, 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 Tangier, 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.