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Nelson County, Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VA125 · Nelson County 37 sys · 1,913 viol · #2004/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 94.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 16.2% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2004/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 89%
  • SYS-SMALL 37 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Albemarle County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Nelson County ranks #2,004 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #56 of 95 counties in Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Nelson County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 94.6% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 16.2% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #2,004 of 3,254 · #56 of 95 in Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Nelson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Prince Edward · lowest Nelson · this county Goochland · 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

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Ncsa - Wintergreen 6,861 71 Detected
Ncsa - Lovingston 2,493 378 -
Stoney Creek Village 895 14 -
Ncsa - Schuyler 480 132 -
Devils Backbone Brewing Company 460 16 -
Rockfish River Elementary School 450 10 -
Nelson County - Piney River 405 81 -
Rockfish Valley Community Center 400 83 -
Three Notch`d Brewing Company 151 370 39 -
Montebello Resort 300 38 -
2842 Rockfish Valley Hwy 260 104 -
Valley Green Center 220 19 -
Wintergreen Plaza 200 45 -
Blue Mountain Brewery 176 7 -
Bold Rock Hard Cider 131 31 -
Brewing Tree Beer Company 125 84 -
North Branch School 100 40 -
Nelson County - Tye River 95 52 -
Serenity Ridge Retreat Center 90 7 -
Belties Restaurant 78 1 -
Crabtree Falls Campground 65 25 -
Mountain and Vine Vineyards and Winery 57 35 -
Ncsa - Gladstone 51 68 -
Advancing Native Missions 50 164 -
Black Bear Creamery 50 4 -
Devils Backbone Campground 50 3 -
The Monroe Institute 50 25 -
Piedmont Grove, LLC 50 0 -
Woodland Early Life Learning Center 50 12 -
Veritas Winery - the Farmhouse 45 14 -
Indian Oven 43 31 -
Rodes Farm 40 26 -
Wood Ridge Farm Brewery 30 4 -
Basecamp 151 25 0 -
Camp Blue Ridge 25 44 -
Church of the Blue Ridge 25 128 -
Veritas Winery 25 78 -

Compare beyond Virginia

Mid-flagged peers for Nelson County

Cross-state counties nearest Nelson County on flagged-system share (94.6%) and cumulative violation count (1,913). 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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