Upper Smith River Water Supply, VA Water Quality
Upper Smith River Water Supply: EPA violation history, explained
Upper Smith River Water Supply has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 29,721 people through 12,248 service connections.
How this compares nationally
3 total violations and 2 health-based ones put Upper Smith River Water Supply at the 46th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,998 of 12,903.
How Upper Smith River Water Supply compares within VA
VA's 213 covered systems average 4.3 health-based violations each; Upper Smith River Water Supply carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Upper Smith River Water Supply is from 1995-01-10 (health-based: 1995-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Upper Smith River Water Supply'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 Upper Smith River Water Supply's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for Upper Smith River Water Supply - 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.