What's in RICHLANDS, TOWN OF's water?
RICHLANDS, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,564, over 2,610 connections.
How this compares nationally
RICHLANDS, TOWN OF has 24 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,162th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 68th percentile nationally.
How RICHLANDS, TOWN OF compares within VA
VA's 186 covered systems average 4.2 health-based violations each; RICHLANDS, TOWN OF carries 4, not more than typical for the state. 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 RICHLANDS, TOWN OF is from 2021-01-01 (health-based: 2018-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RICHLANDS, 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is RICHLANDS, TOWN OF'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 RICHLANDS, TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,162th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.