Va American South Hill Banks, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Va American South Hill Banks
Va American South Hill Banks serves about 183 people through 73 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Essex County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4057750; phone on file: 804-446-9822. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Va American South Hill Banks's lead record
That is down 3 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Va American South Hill Banks is 4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.5 ppb |
How Va American South Hill Banks 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. Va American South Hill Banks's 1 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Virginia and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Essex County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Va American South Hill Banks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tappahannock, Town Of | 2,375 | 4.33 ppb |
| Gwynnfield Subdivision | 410 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cottage Row | 120 | 3.4 ppb |
| Riverdale Subdivision | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
| Millers Square | 60 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maryfield Sub. | 48 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riverview Mobile Estates | 48 | 0 (not detected) |
| Daingerfield Subdivision | 43 | 0.62 ppb |
| Colemans Island | 30 | 4.62 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hopewell, 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 Va American South Hill Banks 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.