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Powhatan County, Virginia

26 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 15,697 people in Powhatan County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

26
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
580
Total violations Lower third of counties
92.3%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VA145 · Powhatan County 26 sys · 580 viol · #1977/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.6% health
  • RANK-LOWER #1977/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-SMALL 26 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Powhatan County ranks #1,977 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #54 of 95 counties in Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Powhatan County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Powhatan County . Population served ranks #1,977 of 3,254 · #54 of 95 in Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Powhatan County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Prince Edward · lowest Campbell · near Floyd · near Highland · highest 44.4% 92.3% 92.3% 92.3% 92.3% 92.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Lower-flagged peers for Powhatan County

Cross-state counties nearest Powhatan County on flagged-system share (92.3%) and cumulative violation count (580). 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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