Community Water System · PWS VA1077335
Independence, Town Of
Operator location Independence, Virginia - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 971 people served; 48 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 971
- People served (this PWS)
- 48
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Independence, Town Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third
971 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #20,144 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Independence, Town Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (48), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (971; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #20,144 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #384 of 570
- Population · VA
- 48
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 560
- County
- Grayson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 27
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | Other | 12 | 2000 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2015 |
| Chlorine | MR | 7 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 1997 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 2 | 1997 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MCL | 1 | 1996 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Independence, Town Of has 48 recorded EPA violations, 55% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 44% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 48), and it ranks #20,144 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
48 Around the middle fewer violations than 44% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Independence, Town Of
EPA SDWIS lists 971 people served and 560 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
48 violations · 971 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Independence, Town Of
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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