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Goochland County, Virginia

38 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 21,841 people in Goochland County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

38
SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
1,424
Total violations Middle third of counties
94.7%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VA075 · Goochland County 38 sys · 1,424 viol · #1690/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 94.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 16.6% health
  • RANK-MID #1690/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 87%
  • SYS-SMALL 38 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Isle of Wight County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Goochland County ranks #1,690 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #36 of 95 counties in Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Goochland County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 94.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 16.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,690 of 3,254 · #36 of 95 in Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Goochland County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Prince Edward · lowest Nelson · near Isle of Wight · near Highland · highest 44.4% 94.5% 94.6% 94.7% 94.7% 94.7% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Goochland County

Cross-state counties nearest Goochland County on flagged-system share (94.7%) and cumulative violation count (1,424). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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