Is ALTAVISTA, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
ALTAVISTA, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,850, over 1,541 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
19 total violations and 5 health-based ones put ALTAVISTA, TOWN OF at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,607 of 12,903.
Against the VA average
ALTAVISTA, TOWN OF's 5 health-based violations sit above the VA average of 4.2, across 186 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
ALTAVISTA, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
ALTAVISTA, TOWN OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What ALTAVISTA, TOWN OF's record does not cover
Everything on this page is ALTAVISTA, TOWN OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and ALTAVISTA, TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,607th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.