Is SMITHFIELD, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
SMITHFIELD, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,089 people get their water from it, across 2,972 connections.
How this compares nationally
SMITHFIELD, TOWN OF has 37 violations on record in total, 29 of thems health-based - ranking it 603th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 95th percentile nationally.
Against the VA average
VA's 186 covered systems average 4.2 health-based violations each; SMITHFIELD, TOWN OF carries 29, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SMITHFIELD, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2012-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
SMITHFIELD, 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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
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 SMITHFIELD, TOWN OF's record does not cover
SMITHFIELD, TOWN OF'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. This record - 29 health-based violations on file for SMITHFIELD, 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.