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James City, Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VA095 · James City 28 sys · 1,310 viol · #805/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 85.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 12.8% health
  • RANK-UPPER #805/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 28 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Hanover County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, James City ranks #805 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #12 of 95 counties in Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

James City standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 85.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 12.8% 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 #805 of 3,254 · #12 of 95 in Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around James City

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Prince Edward · lowest Hanover · near Clarke · near Highland · highest 44.4% 85.7% 85.7% 85.7% 85.7% 86% 100%

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

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Lower-flagged peers for James City

Cross-state counties nearest James City on flagged-system share (85.7%) and cumulative violation count (1,310). 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.

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Similar violation load

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

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

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