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Community Water System · PWS VA1191295

Hayters Gap

Abingdon, Virginia 24211-7444 - drinking water served from groundwater sources to 254 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

254
People served
0
EPA violations
0
Health-based
Untested
UCMR5 result

The verdict

Hayters Gap carries a clean Safe Drinking Water Act record, zero EPA violations.

0
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
254
People served by this system
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Hayters Gap

Hayters Gap is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 254 residents in Abingdon, Virginia (Washington County) through 180 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 0 total violations for this system , giving it a clean Safe Drinking Water Act compliance record.

No specific contaminant violations have been recorded in EPA's detailed violation register for this system. This system has not yet been sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, so no PFAS detection data is available here.

Across Virginia, EPA tracks 2,821 public water systems serving 7,911,199 people, with 146,670 cumulative violations and 25,642 health-based violations on record. About 90% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 52 violations. Statewide, 70 of 171 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (40.9%).

Hayters Gap's 0 violations sit below the Virginia average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.

Population Served
254
Total Violations
0
Health-Based Violations
0
Water Source
Groundwater

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
180
County
Washington
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
0
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Verify This Water System

The figures above are aggregated from EPA's public databases. To verify the underlying records, or to file a complaint, request a Consumer Confidence Report, or check current monitoring status, go directly to the federal and state regulators that enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act for Hayters Gap.

Federal Source of Truth

EPA SDWIS, Federal Reports

EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) holds the federal compliance record for every regulated public water system. Open the system-level report by PWS ID:

View PWS ID VA1191295 on SDWIS

Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search

State Regulator

Virginia Drinking Water Authority

Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water is the primacy agency that licenses and inspects Hayters Gap under EPA-delegated authority.

Open VA regulator portal

Source: Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water

How Hayters Gap Compares

Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.

Metric Hayters Gap Virginia avg Federal benchmark
Total violations 0 52 SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations 0 9.1 Indicates a contaminant exceeded a federal MCL
PFAS detection None 40.9% EPA final rule (2024): PFOA/PFOS MCL = 4.0 ppt
Population served 254 2,804 Sizing context for compliance burden

Sources: EPA SDWIS and EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR Part 141). State averages computed across 2,821 regulated public water systems in Virginia.

Federal MCL reference, Safe Drinking Water Act thresholds ▼
Contaminant Federal MCL / Action Level Note
Lead 0 mg/L (Action Level: 0.015 mg/L) Lead and Copper Rule treatment technique
Arsenic 0.010 mg/L (10 ppb) Health-based MCL since 2006
Total Coliform Treatment technique (RTCR) Indicator organism, monitoring trigger
PFOA / PFOS (PFAS) 4.0 ppt each (final 2024 rule) Compliance deadline 2029 (EPA proposed extending to 2031, not yet final as of May 2026)
Nitrate (as N) 10 mg/L Acute health risk for infants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Hayters Gap water safe to drink? ▼
Hayters Gap (PWS ID: VA1191295) has 0 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 254 people using Groundwater sources.
How many people does Hayters Gap serve? ▼
Hayters Gap serves 254 people in Abingdon, Virginia. It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 180 service connections.
What type of violations does Hayters Gap have? ▼
Hayters Gap has 0 total violations: 0 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 0 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.
Has PFAS been detected in Hayters Gap water? ▼
No PFAS testing data is available for Hayters Gap under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
What water source does Hayters Gap use? ▼
Hayters Gap uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.
Where does this data come from? ▼
All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025. This data is provided for informational purposes only.

Read our methodology - 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 Editorial

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This system's figures are rendered directly from EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.