Tidewater Mhp, 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 Tidewater Mhp
Tidewater Mhp serves about 60 people through 29 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Caroline County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA6033620; phone on file: 540-371-2548. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tidewater Mhp is 3 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) |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
How Tidewater Mhp 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. Tidewater Mhp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 7th percentile in Virginia and the 5th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Caroline County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tidewater Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Land`Or | 4,818 | 1.14 ppb |
| Caroline Utility System | 4,235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Caroline | 2,933 | 0 (not detected) |
| Four Winds Campground | 2,065 | 4.56 ppb |
| Bowling Green, Town Of | 1,233 | 0 (not detected) |
| Milford Sanitary District | 1,117 | 0 (not detected) |
| Campbell`S Creek Subdivision | 375 | 0.78 ppb |
| Port Royal, Town Of | 327 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Ridge Mhp | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Caroline Correctional Unit #2 | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Fredericksburg, VA
Look up your address in Tidewater Mhp'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 Tidewater Mhp 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.