What's in ORANGE, TOWN OF's water?

ORANGE, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 5,022 people through 2,206 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

ORANGE, TOWN OF has 27 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,964th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 62th percentile nationally.

How ORANGE, TOWN OF compares within VA

VA's 186 covered systems average 4.2 health-based violations each; ORANGE, TOWN OF carries 3, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for ORANGE, TOWN OF is from 2024-01-04 (health-based: 2005-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

ORANGE, TOWN OF'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: 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 this data is and is not

This is what ORANGE, TOWN OF 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. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for ORANGE, TOWN OF - 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.