COVINGTON, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
COVINGTON, CITY OF has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 5,961 people through 3,344 service connections.
How this compares nationally
COVINGTON, CITY OF has 55 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,017th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 69th percentile nationally.
How COVINGTON, CITY OF compares within VA
COVINGTON, CITY OF's 4 health-based violations sit within 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
The last violation EPA has on record for COVINGTON, CITY OF is from 2026-01-03 (health-based: 2024-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
COVINGTON, CITY 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); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
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 COVINGTON, CITY 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 COVINGTON, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,017th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.