The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enacted the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) in 1991, requiring water systems to test for lead and copper in drinking water and establishing regulatory limits. The Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) were released in the fall of 2021 to strengthen the existing regulations and improve public health protections by focusing on the identification and removal of lead service lines, enhanced and expanded testing, and improved public communication about lead exposure in drinking water.

Virginia banned the use of lead in the construction of water service lines in 1979 and the Town of Leesburg has been testing for lead in accordance with the LCR since 1992. We want to assure our customers that the probability of finding lead in the Leesburg water system is low and that the drinking water quality has consistently remained well above state and federal regulatory standards. 

About the Service Line Compliance Campaign

In response to the LCRR, the Town of Leesburg has launched the Service Line Compliance Campaign, a comprehensive program aimed at complying with the new regulation. The primary goal of this campaign is to complete a service line material inventory for the Town's water system. This inventory will be displayed on a geospatial map that is accessible from the Self-Reporting Survey section below.

As lead was discontinued as a service line material in 1979, the Town is only asking customers with homes built during or before that time to provide information on their water service line material.

A service line is that segment of the water conveyance system that carries the water from the water main to the residence. 

To determine if your service line is listed as being constructed from an unknown material, type your address into the Inventory Map below. If the material of your service line is unknown, please complete the survey as prompted.

The sections below provide a comprehensive picture of the Campaign, outlining more information on completing the self-reporting survey, answering important questions about lead, and providing useful educational material on reducing lead exposure. 

For instructions on how to complete a survey on the Inventory Map, CLICK HERE.