Is SOUTH HILL, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
SOUTH HILL, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,600 people get their water from it, across 2,632 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SOUTH HILL, TOWN OF ranks 4,320th by violation burden (67th percentile) - 13 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
Against the VA average
Among the 186 VA systems in this dataset, the average is 4.2 health-based violations - SOUTH HILL, TOWN OF's 4 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SOUTH HILL, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
SOUTH HILL, 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: TTHM
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 SOUTH HILL, TOWN OF's record does not cover
Everything on this page is SOUTH HILL, TOWN OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 13 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.