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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Virginia

  • 1,093 Utilities

  • Serving: 7,050,000

  • Data available: 2014-2019

  • Contaminants Found: 101

 

EWG's drinking water quality report for Virginia shows results of tests conducted by the water utilities in Virginia and provided to EWG by the Virginia Department of Health - Office of Drinking Water.

LARGE UTILITIES
ALL UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS
LARGE UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS

Below are utilities in Virginia serving over 10,000 people, listed alphabetically. Click the "more" button below to get the full list of utilities serving over 10,000 people.

Large utilities in Virginia

UtilityLocationPeople
Served
Albemarle County Service Authority (ACSA) Urban AreaCharlottesville, VA66,983
Amherst County Service Authority (ACSA)Madison Heights, VA13,619
Arlington CountyArlington, VA215,000
Bedford Regional Water Authority (brwa)Bedford, VA30,133
Bristol Virginia Utility BoardBristol, VA20,000
Buchanan County PSAVansant, VA19,326
Campbell County Central SystemLynchburg, VA21,761
Chesterfield County Central Water SystemChesterfield, VA320,658
City of AlexandriaAlexandria, VA146,970
City of CharlottesvilleCharlottesville, VA48,019
City of Chesapeake - Northwest River SystemChesapeake, VA166,704
City of Chesapeake - Western Branch SystemChesapeake, VA32,326
City of Colonial HeightsColonial Heights, VA17,286
City of DanvilleDanville, VA43,055
City of FredericksburgFredericksburg, VA22,500
City of HarrisonburgHarrisonburg, VA48,914
City of LynchburgLynchburg, VA80,995
City of ManassasManassas, VA41,757
City of Manassas ParkManassas Park, VA14,050
City of MartinsvilleMartinsville, VA13,600
City of Newport NewsNewport News, VA407,300
City of NorfolkNorfolk, VA234,220
City of PetersburgPetersburg, VA32,000
City of PortsmouthSuffolk, VA120,400
City of RadfordRadford, VA15,859
City of RichmondRichmond, VA197,000
City of Salem WTPSalem, VA25,862
City of StauntonStaunton, VA24,922
City of SuffolkSuffolk, VA67,487
City of Virginia BeachVirginia Beach, VA446,067
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Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2019 to March 2021 in Virginia

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

UtilityLocationPeople
Served		Violation
Points
Rescue WaterworksRescue, VA20385
Willing Workers ClubCarrollton, VA3178
Dry Valley SubdivisionRoanoke, VA4829
Bethel Woods SubdivisionRoanoke, VA12625
Riverbend SubdivisionRoanoke, VA7220
Bellavista EstatesRoanoke, VA4520
Walton Farms SubdivisionRoanoke, VA13519
Twin Boulders SubdivisionRoanoke, VA9018
Emporia, City ofEmporia, VA5,60015
Brookmont AreaPulaski, VA10015
Woodroam SubdivisionRoanoke, VA8014
Viewland SubdivisionRoanoke, VA23013
Darden`s Mill EstatesWeston, VA11411
Hardy Road Trailer Park, Section 2Roanoke, VA20010
Altavista, Town ofAltavista, VA3,85010
Chesapeake ShoresRockville, VA5610
Castle Craig SubdivisionRoanoke, VA789
Greenfield Harbor I SubdivisionCallao, VA487
Wallace ManorCleveland, VA2237
Greenfield Harbor II SubdivisionCallao, VA436
Knoll Woods/ivy AcresLynchburg, VA2506
Pine Grove Mobile Home ParkOrange, VA796
Rye Valley Water AuthoritySugar Grove, VA1,2766
Mountain Vista VillageMartinsville, VA1005
Nelson County - Piney RiverLovingston, VA2025
Jettys Reach IiiCallao, VA255
Hartland InstituteRapidan, VA1505
Deer RunSmithfield, VA1045
Lawrenceville, Town ofLawrenceville, VA4,8065
Brunswick Ida - NorthLawrenceville, VA1,0355

Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2019 to March 2021 in Virginia

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

UtilityLocationPeople
Served		Violation
Points
Wilderness WTPRuckersville, VA12,1241
City of MartinsvilleMartinsville, VA13,6001
Amherst County Service Authority (ACSA)Madison Heights, VA13,6191

Contaminants found in Virginia above health guidelines

Found above health guidelinesFound
Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served# of UtilitiesPeople Served

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)		7516,970,1167536,974,461

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)		6426,909,1086426,909,108

Bromodichloromethane		6646,658,4656646,658,465

Chloroform		6706,633,6077186,667,024

Dibromochloromethane		5776,356,9105946,407,054

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)		1636,248,5801636,283,702

Chromium (hexavalent)		1536,175,3291546,188,700

Dichloroacetic acid		5475,819,6335515,825,309

Trichloroacetic acid		4235,744,8824255,755,816

Nitrate and nitrite		5694,958,9677286,491,321

Radium, combined (-226 & -228)		6964,360,6587014,561,892

Dibromoacetic acid		1924,125,9961974,673,550

Chlorate		863,405,0871356,046,387

Nitrate		1342,394,4911352,850,384

Bromate		101,662,35291,662,326

Arsenic		1001,185,756991,184,429

Bromochloroacetic acid		231,018,862231,018,862

Chlorite		9423,85513589,093

Bromoform		87201,0631892,961,116

Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA)		1153,0001153,000

1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP)		349,71010800,621

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)		347,863347,863

Manganese		4545,8646086,644,121

Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)		619,915619,915

1,2,3-Trichloropropane		112,800112,800

Atrazine		112,124273,060,548

Cadmium		611,61317764,303

Carbofuran		19,36419,364

Uranium		177,8764847,398

Benzene		32,75032,750

Trichloroethylene		42,14842,148

Thallium		71,84220760,270

Carbon tetrachloride		11,50011,500

Beryllium		325813752,706

Antimony		125050818,490

1,2-Dichloroethane		19021,930

Contaminants found in Virginia above legal limits

Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)		12,190

Fluoride		61,769

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)		5725

Radium, combined (-226 & -228)		2340

Thallium		1145

Uranium		139