Is TAPPAHANNOCK, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
TAPPAHANNOCK, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,375 people through 1,417 service connections.
How this compares nationally
TAPPAHANNOCK, TOWN OF has 10 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,552th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 49th percentile nationally.
How TAPPAHANNOCK, TOWN OF compares within VA
VA's 186 covered systems average 4.2 health-based violations each; TAPPAHANNOCK, TOWN OF carries 2, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for TAPPAHANNOCK, TOWN OF is from 2024-08-10 (health-based: 2015-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TAPPAHANNOCK, 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)
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 TAPPAHANNOCK, 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 10 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.