Is BLACKSBURG TOWN OF (SC1110002)'s water safe to drink?
BLACKSBURG TOWN OF (SC1110002) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,496, over 1,757 connections.
How this compares nationally
BLACKSBURG TOWN OF (SC1110002) has 14 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,242th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 83th percentile nationally.
Against the SC average
Among the 198 SC systems in this dataset, the average is 3.8 health-based violations - BLACKSBURG TOWN OF (SC1110002)'s 9 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BLACKSBURG TOWN OF (SC1110002)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
BLACKSBURG TOWN OF (SC1110002)'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 BLACKSBURG TOWN OF (SC1110002)'s record does not cover
BLACKSBURG TOWN OF (SC1110002)'s numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and BLACKSBURG TOWN OF (SC1110002)'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,242th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.