The Retreat, VA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.77 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
The Retreat serves about 175 people through 71 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Franklin County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA5067786; phone on file: 540-283-2944. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
The Retreat's lead record
That is up 1.77 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Retreat is 16.7 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.77 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 7.45 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.52 ppb |
| 2023 | 16.7 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.9 ppb |
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. The Retreat's 1.77 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Virginia and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Franklin County
26 other systems share Franklin County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than The Retreat. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mount, Town Of | 6,000 | 0.51 ppb |
| Westlake Area Public Water System | 3,525 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wvwa Ferrum Water System | 1,996 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Waters Edge | 949 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dillards Hill | 755 | 0 (not detected) |
| Park Place | 501 | 3.5 ppb |
| Boones Mill Town Of | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burnt Chimney Water System | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Franklin Acres | 200 | 2.93 ppb |
| Walnut Run | 196 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Roanoke, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Roanoke, 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 The Retreat 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.