Is DCWA CENTRAL's water safe to drink?

DCWA CENTRAL's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 7,418 people get their water from it, across 3,376 connections.

How this compares nationally

9 total violations and 0 health-based ones put DCWA CENTRAL at the 18th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 10,553 of 12,903.

How DCWA CENTRAL compares within VA

VA's 186 covered systems average 4.2 health-based violations each; DCWA CENTRAL carries 0, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for DCWA CENTRAL is from 1992-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.

What this data is and is not

DCWA CENTRAL'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 DCWA CENTRAL's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 10,553th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.