What's in FAIRFAX COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's water?

FAIRFAX COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 1,121,613 people get their water from it, across 281,686 connections.

How this compares nationally

1 total violations and 0 health-based ones put FAIRFAX COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY at the 5th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 12,221 of 12,903.

Against the VA average

VA's 186 covered systems average 4.2 health-based violations each; FAIRFAX COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY carries 0, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

What FAIRFAX COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record does not cover

FAIRFAX COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY'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. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for FAIRFAX COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.