What's in EASTERN GOOCHLAND CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM's water?
EASTERN GOOCHLAND CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,805 people get their water from it, across 2,639 connections.
How this compares nationally
23 total violations and 1 health-based ones put EASTERN GOOCHLAND CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM at the 40th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,768 of 12,903.
Against the VA average
VA's 186 covered systems average 4.2 health-based violations each; EASTERN GOOCHLAND CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
EASTERN GOOCHLAND CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
EASTERN GOOCHLAND CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM'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 EASTERN GOOCHLAND CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
This is what EASTERN GOOCHLAND CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and EASTERN GOOCHLAND CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,768th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.