Community Water System · PWS VA1169725
Scpsa - Nickelsville
Operator location Weber City, Virginia - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 127 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,000 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 127
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 26
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Scpsa - Nickelsville standing, high SDWIS violation third
127 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #19,794 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Scpsa - Nickelsville sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (127), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,000 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #19,794 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #370 of 570
- Population · VA
- 127
- Total EPA violations on record
- 20%
- 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
- 347
- County
- Scott
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 90
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 22
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 26 | 2016 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 18 | 2015 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 16 | 2018 |
| TTHM | MR | 16 | 2018 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 12 | 2018 |
| E. COLI | MR | 8 | 2018 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 4 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2015 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 1986 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Scpsa - Nickelsville has 127 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (26 of 127), and it ranks #19,794 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)
127 Higher than most more violations than 78% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 261 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFOS | 9/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/18/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/18/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/18/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/18/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/18/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/18/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/21/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/21/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/21/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/21/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/21/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
SDWIS compliance record for Scpsa - Nickelsville
127 violations on record for VA1169725; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
127 violations · 1,000 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
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