Overview
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 in Virginia
Below are utilities in Virginia serving over 10,000 people, listed alphabetically.
| Utility | Location | People Served |
|---|
Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of July 2021 to June 2024 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 |
|---|
Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of July 2021 to June 2024 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 |
|---|
| Wilderness WTP | Ruckersville, VA | 12,856 | 10 |
| City of Petersburg | Petersburg, VA | 32,000 | 2 |
Contaminants found in Virginia above health guidelines
| Found above health guidelines | Found | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | # of Utilities | People Served |
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 738 | 7,241,461 | 746 | 7,246,598 | ||
| Bromodichloromethane | 677 | 7,223,123 | 681 | 7,227,160 | ||
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 671 | 7,189,323 | 674 | 7,199,825 | ||
| Chloroform | 649 | 7,168,067 | 746 | 7,239,048 | ||
| Dichloroacetic acid | 564 | 7,037,112 | 579 | 7,140,173 | ||
| Trichloroacetic acid | 455 | 6,927,887 | 463 | 6,990,249 | ||
| Haloacetic acids (HAA9) | 146 | 6,487,165 | 146 | 6,487,165 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 509 | 6,389,267 | 608 | 7,057,771 | ||
| Chromium (hexavalent) | 123 | 6,139,692 | 137 | 6,380,756 | ||
| Dibromoacetic acid | 181 | 3,294,502 | 196 | 4,109,654 | ||
| Nitrate & nitrite | 415 | 3,055,915 | 670 | 5,981,157 | ||
| Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 717 | 2,635,828 | 872 | 4,940,554 | ||
| Nitrate | 97 | 1,846,025 | 148 | 3,444,131 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 17 | 1,821,040 | 17 | 1,821,040 | ||
| Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) | 31 | 1,685,655 | 36 | 3,022,421 | ||
| 6:2 Fluorotelomer Sulfonic Acid (6:2 FTSA) | 7 | 1,577,575 | 7 | 1,577,575 | ||
| Chlorate | 16 | 1,285,839 | 121 | 6,252,579 | ||
| Bromochloroacetic acid | 10 | 967,517 | 10 | 967,517 | ||
| Bromate | 3 | 646,308 | 3 | 646,308 | ||
| Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS) | 13 | 475,334 | 13 | 475,334 | ||
| Arsenic | 64 | 240,687 | 64 | 240,687 | ||
| Bromoform | 53 | 132,334 | 181 | 2,998,941 | ||
| Chlorite | 4 | 41,763 | 10 | 459,147 | ||
| Toxaphene | 1 | 41,757 | 1 | 41,757 | ||
| 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) | 1 | 30,317 | 1 | 30,317 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) | 4 | 23,442 | 4 | 23,442 | ||
| Bromochloromethane | 6 | 22,477 | 9 | 98,374 | ||
| Uranium, combined (pCi/L) | 21 | 12,504 | 59 | 194,292 | ||
| Cadmium | 7 | 11,328 | 10 | 194,543 | ||
| Manganese | 14 | 4,998 | 528 | 6,892,229 | ||
| Thallium | 1 | 833 | 10 | 188,631 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 2 | 237 | 4 | 2,148 | ||
| Beryllium | 1 | 150 | 9 | 186,569 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 55 | 2 | 1,895 |
Contaminants found in Virginia above legal limits
| Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served |
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