What's in COLONIAL BEACH, TOWN OF's water?
COLONIAL BEACH, 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: 3,875, over 2,583 connections.
COLONIAL BEACH, TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
COLONIAL BEACH, TOWN OF has 18 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,134th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 76th percentile nationally.
Against the VA average
Among the 186 VA systems in this dataset, the average is 4.2 health-based violations - COLONIAL BEACH, TOWN OF's 6 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
COLONIAL BEACH, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
COLONIAL BEACH, 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 COLONIAL BEACH, TOWN OF's record does not cover
COLONIAL BEACH, TOWN OF'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 COLONIAL BEACH, TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,134th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.