What's in LOUISA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's water?
LOUISA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 4,254 people get their water from it, across 185 connections.
LOUISA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
LOUISA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY has 32 violations on record in total, 30 of thems health-based - ranking it 579th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 96th percentile nationally.
Against the VA average
VA's 186 covered systems average 4.2 health-based violations each; LOUISA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY carries 30, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
LOUISA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2026-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
LOUISA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What LOUISA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is LOUISA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and LOUISA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 579th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.