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Lead in VI

Of the 9 water suppliers tested for Lead in VI, 7 exceeded the lead action level (77.8%).

77.8%
of suppliers exceeded the lead action level
9
suppliers tested
VI rankings Lead in VI PFAS in VI

What is Lead?

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water suppliers

Lead value per supplier, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Suppliers that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SupplierCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
Sapphire Vill.Condos (West) St. John 225 0.5885 mg/L
Questa Verde F St. Croix 42 0.4980 mg/L
Good Hope Townhouses Fredricksted 98 0.1884 mg/L
Questa Verde M-N St. Croix 25 0.1261 mg/L
Sweet Lime Village Christiansted 28 0.0578 mg/L
Questa Verde D-B St. Croix 59 0.0229 mg/L
Water and Power Authority - Stx Christiansted 35,000 0.0210 mg/L
Water and Power Authority - Stt Christiansted 34,000 0.0107 mg/L
Burnett Towers Charlotte Amalie 100 0.0036 mg/L