Community Water System · PWS VA2163650
N. Lexington-Fairfield-Raphine [Rcpsa]
Operator location Lexington, Virginia - larger served population (> 3,309) at 4,711 people served; 44 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 4,711
- People served (this PWS)
- 44
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
N. Lexington-Fairfield-Raphine [Rcpsa] standing, mid SDWIS violation third
4,711 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 9% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #8,011 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
N. Lexington-Fairfield-Raphine [Rcpsa] lands in the middle third by violation volume (44), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (4,711; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 9% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #8,011 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #128 of 570
- Population · VA
- 44
- Total EPA violations on record
- 9%
- 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
- 1,963
- County
- Rockbridge
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 40
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 8 | 2015 |
| TTHM | MR | 8 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2012 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Chromium | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Fluoride | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Mercury | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Selenium | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Cadmium | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Endrin | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Arsenic | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Barium | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 1 | 1986 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 1 | 1986 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 1 | 1986 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 1 | 1986 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
N. Lexington-Fairfield-Raphine [Rcpsa] has 44 recorded EPA violations, 53% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 46% carry more. 9% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 44), and it ranks #8,011 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)
44 Around the middle fewer violations than 46% 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 N. Lexington-Fairfield-Raphine [Rcpsa]
EPA SDWIS lists 4,711 people served and 1,963 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
44 violations · 4,711 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 similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with N. Lexington-Fairfield-Raphine [Rcpsa]
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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