Virginia
1,104 Utilities
Serving: 7,001,000
Data available: 2012-2017
Contaminants Found: 90
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.
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
Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 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.
Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 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.
Utility | Location | People Served | Violation Points |
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City of Waynesboro | Waynesboro, VA | 21,006 | 6 |
City of Danville | Danville, VA | 43,055 | 5 |
Front Royal | Front Royal, VA | 15,000 | 5 |
City of Petersburg | Petersburg, VA | 33,740 | 2 |
Stafford County Utilities | Stafford, VA | 112,285 | 1 |
Fort Eustis | Fort Eustis, VA | 16,900 | 1 |
Town of Culpeper | Culpeper, VA | 17,411 | 1 |
City of Charlottesville | Charlottesville, VA | 41,487 | 1 |
Vinton | Vinton, VA | 12,800 | 1 |
Contaminants found in Virginia above health guidelines
Found above health guidelines | Found | ||||||
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Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | # of Utilities | People Served | |||
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 760 | 6,922,509 | 764 | 6,924,815 | |||
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 695 | 6,885,232 | 696 | 6,887,610 | |||
Bromodichloromethane | 689 | 6,614,564 | 689 | 6,614,564 | |||
Chloroform | 671 | 6,562,673 | 736 | 6,623,304 | |||
Dibromochloromethane | 611 | 6,353,191 | 634 | 6,443,304 | |||
Chromium (hexavalent) | 153 | 6,124,335 | 154 | 6,137,298 | |||
Dichloroacetic acid | 589 | 5,887,383 | 590 | 5,889,761 | |||
Trichloroacetic acid | 438 | 5,698,323 | 439 | 5,715,223 | |||
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 644 | 3,957,662 | 646 | 3,974,270 | |||
Nitrate and nitrite | 550 | 3,894,229 | 775 | 6,381,697 | |||
Dibromoacetic acid | 172 | 3,776,115 | 175 | 4,277,784 | |||
Chlorate | 87 | 3,365,771 | 135 | 5,996,712 | |||
Bromochloroacetic acid | 30 | 2,343,597 | 30 | 2,343,597 | |||
Nitrate | 71 | 2,235,339 | 81 | 2,686,892 | |||
Bromate | 11 | 1,940,553 | 10 | 1,940,527 | |||
Bromoform | 86 | 1,314,332 | 180 | 2,872,134 | |||
Arsenic | 76 | 656,515 | 75 | 655,188 | |||
Chlorite | 10 | 420,052 | 14 | 603,567 | |||
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA) | 1 | 153,000 | 1 | 153,000 | |||
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 3 | 47,863 | 3 | 47,863 | |||
Cadmium | 11 | 23,531 | 15 | 179,414 | |||
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) | 4 | 17,831 | 5 | 17,906 | |||
Manganese | 45 | 15,450 | 446 | 2,537,394 | |||
1,2,3-Trichloropropane | 1 | 12,800 | 1 | 12,800 | |||
Chloromethane | 1 | 7,872 | 2 | 9,872 | |||
Uranium | 20 | 6,970 | 43 | 37,681 | |||
Trichloroethylene | 4 | 2,732 | 5 | 2,807 | |||
Vinyl chloride | 1 | 2,245 | 1 | 2,245 | |||
1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 1,930 | 2 | 1,930 | |||
Radon | 5 | 1,548 | 5 | 1,548 | |||
Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 306 | 7 | 169,259 | |||
Beryllium | 2 | 203 | 16 | 158,467 | |||
Antimony | 1 | 100 | 45 | 449,930 |
Contaminants found in Virginia above legal limits
Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | |
---|---|---|---|
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 2 | 5,023 | |
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 2 | 2,198 | |
Fluoride | 7 | 1,947 | |
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 4 | 964 | |
Uranium | 1 | 39 |