Is HENRICO COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
HENRICO COUNTY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 330,000, over 95,816 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HENRICO COUNTY WATER SYSTEM ranks 5,560th by violation burden (57th percentile) - 4 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How HENRICO COUNTY WATER SYSTEM compares within VA
Among the 186 VA systems in this dataset, the average is 4.2 health-based violations - HENRICO COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's 3 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for HENRICO COUNTY WATER SYSTEM is from 2004-01-01 (health-based: 2004-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HENRICO COUNTY 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what HENRICO COUNTY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 4 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.