Lake Caroline, VA Water Quality
Lake Caroline: EPA violation history, explained
Lake Caroline has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,933 people get their water from it, across 1,173 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Lake Caroline ranks 243th by violation burden (98th percentile) - 92 violations total, 54 health-based.
How Lake Caroline compares within VA
Among the 213 VA systems in this dataset, the average is 4.3 health-based violations - Lake Caroline's 54 is above that. 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 Lake Caroline is from 2012-01-07 (health-based: 2009-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Lake Caroline'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
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Carbon, Total
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Tthm; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
Lake Caroline'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 92 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.