Is FORT STORY's water safe to drink?
FORT STORY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,510 people get their water from it, across 256 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, FORT STORY ranks 9,226th by violation burden (28th percentile) - 1 violation total, 1 health-based.
How FORT STORY compares within VA
FORT STORY's 1 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 FORT STORY is from 1995-01-09 (health-based: 1995-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FORT STORY'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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is FORT STORY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 1 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.