Is RICHMOND CITY WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
RICHMOND CITY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,967 people get their water from it, across 865 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
RICHMOND CITY WATER SYSTEM has 193 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,885th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 70th percentile nationally.
Against the ID average
RICHMOND CITY WATER SYSTEM's 4 health-based violations sit within the ID average of 10.3, across 88 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
RICHMOND CITY WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-04-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
RICHMOND CITY WATER SYSTEM'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Groundwater Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What RICHMOND CITY WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
Everything on this page is RICHMOND CITY WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for RICHMOND CITY WATER SYSTEM - 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.