Wcpsa-Pound, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Wcpsa-Pound serves about 2,501 people through 817 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Wise County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1195650; phone on file: 276-679-1263. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Wcpsa-Pound's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wcpsa-Pound is 7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 7 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Wcpsa-Pound's 4 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Virginia and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Wise County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Wcpsa-Pound. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wise County Regional Water System | 11,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Big Stone Gap, Town Of | 9,372 | 5 ppb |
| Wise, Town Of | 6,375 | 2 ppb |
| Coeburn, Town Of | 4,630 | 0 (not detected) |
| Appalachia, Town Of | 2,745 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Paul, Town Of | 1,010 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bold Camp | 943 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wise, 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 Wcpsa-Pound 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.