Virginia Carolina Water Authority, VA
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Virginia Carolina Water Authority
Virginia Carolina Water Authority serves about 0 people through 2 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Grayson County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1077825; phone on file: 276-773-3703. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Grayson County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Independence, Town Of | 971 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairview Water System | 730 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fries, Town Of | 484 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grant Community | 350 | - |
| Oldtown Water System | 301 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Hill Academy | 225 | 32.5 ppb |
| Troutdale, Town Of | 220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sun Valley Trailer Park | 25 | 1.19 ppb |
Next steps for Independence, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Independence, 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 Virginia Carolina Water Authority 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.