Washington County Service Authority, VA Water Quality
Is Washington County Service Authority's water safe to drink?
Washington County 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: 47,574, over 20,866 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
22 total violations and 4 health-based ones put Washington County Service Authority at the 68th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,178 of 12,903.
How Washington County Service Authority compares within VA
VA's 213 covered systems average 4.3 health-based violations each; Washington County Service Authority carries 4, 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 Washington County Service Authority is from 2020-01-01 (health-based: 1999-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Washington County 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
Washington County Service Authority'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 22 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.