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Franklin County, Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VA067 · Franklin County 74 sys · 3,776 viol · #1664/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 87.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.3% health
  • RANK-MID #1664/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 97%
  • SYS-MID 74 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Warren County ( -0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Franklin County ranks #1,664 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #34 of 95 counties in Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Franklin County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 87.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,664 of 3,254 · #34 of 95 in Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Franklin County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Franklin County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Prince Edward · lowest Warren · near Franklin · this county Highland · highest 44.4% 87.2% 87.5% 87.5% 87.8% 88.2% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Rocky Mount, Town Of 6,000 16 Detected
Westlake Area Public Water System 3,525 9 Detected
Wvwa Ferrum Water System 1,996 33 -
The Waters Edge 949 124 -
Larc Field Recreation Area 800 29 -
Dillards Hill 755 71 -
Park Place 501 54 -
W. E. Skelton 4-H Education Center 450 67 -
Sontag Elementary School 397 9 -
Blue Ridge Campground & Marina 396 51 -
Windy Gap Elementary School 393 12 -
Glade Hill Elementary School 365 15 -
Boones Mill Town Of 350 84 -
Dudley Elementary School 345 12 -
Burnt Chimney Water System 300 7 -
Callaway Elementary School 297 34 -
Snow Creek Elementary School 254 24 -
Franklin Acres 200 5 -
Penhook Minute Market 200 0 -
Walnut Run 196 41 -
Teel Brooke Estates 187 41 -
Pelican Point Yacht Club 180 15 -
The Retreat 175 9 -
Westlake Waterfront Inn 150 120 -
Windy Gap Mountain Village 150 115 -
Lakeshore Terrace Corporation 123 63 -
Franklin County Commerce Center 103 31 -
Back 40 BBQ and Bakery 100 0 -
Napoli Cowboy 100 23 -
Glade Hill Minute Market 100 0 -
Idlewood Shores 100 397 -
Palmers Marina & Trailer Park 100 15 -
Philpott Res - Horseshoe Point-Utility 100 2 -
Philpott Res - Salthouse Branch-Picnic 100 5 -
Philpott Res - Salthouse Branch-Utility 100 6 -
Philpott Res- Tailrace 100 0 -
Redwood Express Market 100 42 -
Sunshine Valley School 100 66 -
Waid Park 100 6 -
Whistle Stop 100 48 -
Lynville on the Lake 90 113 -
The Meadows 89 57 -
Timberlake Crossing 85 6 -
Cottage Edge 80 13 -
Carls Place 75 26 -
Franklin Co Recreation Park 75 17 -
El Rio Mexican Grill 75 25 -
Brown`s Mobile Home Village 75 26 -
Frederick Acres 67 88 -
Alton Park 66 51 -

Compare beyond Virginia

Lower-flagged peers for Franklin County

Cross-state counties nearest Franklin County on flagged-system share (87.8%) and cumulative violation count (3,776). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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