POWHATAN COURTHOUSE: EPA violation history, explained

POWHATAN COURTHOUSE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,005, over 325 connections.

POWHATAN COURTHOUSE's record against the rest of the country

POWHATAN COURTHOUSE has 3 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 7,035th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 45th percentile nationally.

Against the VA average

POWHATAN COURTHOUSE's 2 health-based violations sit within the VA average of 4.2, across 186 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

POWHATAN COURTHOUSE's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.

The concern categories on record

POWHATAN COURTHOUSE'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 POWHATAN COURTHOUSE's record does not cover

POWHATAN COURTHOUSE'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. Between the utility's meter and POWHATAN COURTHOUSE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,035th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.