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ROANOKE RIVER SERVICE AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained

ROANOKE RIVER SERVICE AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,073, over 183 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

ROANOKE RIVER SERVICE AUTHORITY has 3 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 9,040th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 30th percentile nationally.

Against the VA average

VA's 186 covered systems average 4.2 health-based violations each; ROANOKE RIVER SERVICE AUTHORITY carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

ROANOKE RIVER SERVICE AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2007-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.

The concern categories on record

ROANOKE RIVER SERVICE 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:

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 ROANOKE RIVER SERVICE AUTHORITY's record does not cover

This is what ROANOKE RIVER SERVICE AUTHORITY 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. Between the utility's meter and ROANOKE RIVER SERVICE AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,040th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.