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Smyth County, Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VA173 · Smyth County 20 sys · 756 viol · #1540/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.7% health
  • RANK-MID #1540/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 50%
  • SYS-SMALL 20 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Smyth County ranks #1,540 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #30 of 95 counties in Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Smyth County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,540 of 3,254 · #30 of 95 in Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Smyth County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Prince Edward · lowest Highland · highest Pulaski · near Scott · near 44.4% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Marion, Town Of 8,500 23 Detected
Chilhowie, Town Of 4,625 43 Clean
Thomas Bridge Water Corp 3,500 28 Clean
Saltville, Town Of 2,204 32 -
Watsons Gap Water System 1,892 20 -
Rye Valley Water Authority 1,276 294 -
Walker Creek 1,135 72 -
Hutton Branch 833 46 -
Atkins Extension 597 16 -
Poor Valley 163 6 -
South Fork 150 2 -
Blue Ridge Discovery Center 136 4 -
East Hungry Mother 110 10 -
Saint Clairs Creek 110 10 -
High Country Horse Camp 60 64 -
St. Johns Crossing 55 10 -
Brushy Mountain Admin Site 25 11 -
Konnarock Community Center 25 26 -
Hurricane Recreation Area 25 23 -
Raccoon Branch 25 16 -

Compare beyond Virginia

Mid-flagged peers for Smyth County

Cross-state counties nearest Smyth County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (756). 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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