Is CAPE CHARLES, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
CAPE CHARLES, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,740 people through 1,383 service connections.
How this compares nationally
CAPE CHARLES, TOWN OF has 11 violations on record in total, 10 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,030th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 84th percentile nationally.
How CAPE CHARLES, TOWN OF compares within VA
CAPE CHARLES, TOWN OF's 10 health-based violations sit above the VA average of 4.2, across 186 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CAPE CHARLES, TOWN OF is from 2015-01-01 (health-based: 2015-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CAPE CHARLES, 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: 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is CAPE CHARLES, 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 CAPE CHARLES, TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,030th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.