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Community Water System · PWS VA2187406

Front Royal, Town Of

Operator location Front Royal, Virginia - 35% of 80 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 15,000 served per SDWIS.

15,000
People served (this PWS)
80
EPA violations (this PWS)
28
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Front Royal, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

35% of 80 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 35% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #3,472 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Front Royal, Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (80), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (15,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 35% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#3,472 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#61 of 570
Population · VA
80
Total EPA violations on record
35%
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
6,440
County
Warren
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
24
Monitoring Violations
48
Treatment Tech Violations
4

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 20 2015
TTHM MR 8 2024
CARBON, TOTAL MR 8 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 7 2024
Chlorine MR 7 2024
CARBON, TOTAL TT 4 2012
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 4 2024
Public Notice Other 4 2025
TTHM MCL 4 2002
Endrin MR 1 1980
Arsenic MR 1 1980
Toxaphene MR 1 1980
Methoxychlor MR 1 1980
2,4-D MR 1 1980
Barium MR 1 1980
Cadmium MR 1 1980
BHC-GAMMA MR 1 1980
Chromium MR 1 1980
Nitrate MR 1 1980
Selenium MR 1 1980
2,4,5-TP MR 1 1980
Fluoride MR 1 1980
Mercury MR 1 1980

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Front Royal, Town Of has 80 recorded EPA violations, 68% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 31% carry more. 35% of this system's own violations are health-based (28 of 80), and it ranks #3,472 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)

80 Around the middle fewer violations than 31% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFBS 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/22/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/22/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/22/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/22/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/22/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/22/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/22/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/22/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/22/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/22/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/22/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/22/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/22/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/22/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/22/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/22/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/22/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/22/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/16/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/16/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/16/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/16/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/16/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/16/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/16/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/16/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/16/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/16/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/16/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/16/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/16/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/16/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 5/16/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/16/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/16/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/16/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/16/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/16/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/16/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Front Royal, Town Of

28 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for VA2187406.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water

Nationwide peers

80 violations · 15,000 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Front Royal, Town Of

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater