Every one of the roughly 135,000 water service lines running into Virginia Beach homes and businesses has been confirmed lead-free—a finding that carries real weight for anyone buying, selling, or simply living here.
Virginia Beach Public Utilities completed the city’s inventory well ahead of the U.S. EPA’s federal deadline under its revised Lead and Copper Rule, which requires municipalities to catalog the material of every public and private service line in their water distribution system.
The work covered historical records, representative sampling, and more than 10,000 physical excavations to visually verify line materials across the city…