Va American Water Lucom Point, VA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Va American Water Lucom Point at a glance
Va American Water Lucom Point serves about 90 people through 30 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Northumberland County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4133600; phone on file: 804-446-9822. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Va American Water Lucom Point's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Va American Water Lucom Point is 23.6 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.85 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.23 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.23 ppb |
| 2017 | 23.6 ppb over 15 |
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. Va American Water Lucom Point's 1 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Virginia and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Northumberland County
38 other systems share Northumberland County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Va American Water Lucom Point. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bay Quarter Shores | 726 | 1 ppb |
| Reedville, Town Of | 480 | 2.15 ppb |
| Sherwood Forest Shores | 421 | 0 (not detected) |
| Callao | 393 | 1.32 ppb |
| Indian Creek Estates | 318 | 0.74 ppb |
| Heathsville | 306 | 1.36 ppb |
| Chesapeake Bay Estates | 288 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mallard Bay Subdivision | 264 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lottsburg | 201 | 2.9 ppb |
| White Sand Harbour | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
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 Water Lucom Point 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.