APPALACHIA, TOWN OF: EPA violation history, explained

APPALACHIA, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,745 people get their water from it, across 1,000 connections.

How this compares nationally

27 total violations and 1 health-based ones put APPALACHIA, TOWN OF at the 40th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,703 of 12,903.

How APPALACHIA, TOWN OF compares within VA

VA's 186 covered systems average 4.2 health-based violations each; APPALACHIA, TOWN OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for APPALACHIA, TOWN OF is from 2014-01-03 (health-based: 1993-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

APPALACHIA, 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)

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 this data is and is not

This is what APPALACHIA, TOWN OF reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and APPALACHIA, TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,703th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.