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Montgomery County, Virginia

28 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 73,521 people in Montgomery County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

28
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
1,549
Total violations Middle third of counties
92.9%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (4 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VA121 · Montgomery County 28 sys · 1,549 viol · #710/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 19.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #710/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 57%
  • SYS-SMALL 28 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Montgomery County ranks #710 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #11 of 95 counties in Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Montgomery County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 19.0% 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 #710 of 3,254 · #11 of 95 in Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Montgomery County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Prince Edward · lowest Montgomery · this county Grayson · near Highland · highest 44.4% 92.5% 92.9% 92.9% 92.9% 93.2% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Montgomery County

Cross-state counties nearest Montgomery County on flagged-system share (92.9%) and cumulative violation count (1,549). 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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