Woodway Water Authority, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Woodway Water Authority at a glance
Woodway Water Authority serves about 3,800 people through 1,299 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Lee County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1105900; phone on file: 276-546-4148. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Woodway Water Authority is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Woodway Water Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 42nd percentile in Virginia and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Lee County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Woodway Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lcpsa- Kvs | 2,130 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lcpsa-Blue Springs | 1,968 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dryden Water Authority | 1,922 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pennington Gap, Town Of | 1,781 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jonesville, Town Of | 1,693 | 2 ppb |
| Lee County Psa/St. Charles | 1,390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lee County Psa/Eastern Lee | 1,297 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lee County Psa/Miller Chapel | 662 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lee County Psa/Jasper | 600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lee County Psa/Stickleyville | 457 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Pennington Gap, VA
Look up your address in Woodway Water Authority's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Woodway 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.