Townfield-Prl, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (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. 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.
Townfield-Prl at a glance
Townfield-Prl serves about 147 people through 60 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: VA6033650; phone on file: 804-633-1199. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Townfield-Prl is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
Against other Virginia systems
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. Townfield-Prl's 1 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Virginia and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Caroline County
15 other systems share Caroline County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Townfield-Prl. 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) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ruther Glen, 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 Townfield-Prl 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.