Community Water System · PWS VA2660345
Harrisonburg, City Of
Operator location Harrisonburg, Virginia - 0% of 47 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); surface water source; 53,016 served per SDWIS.
- 53,016
- People served (this PWS)
- 47
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Harrisonburg, City Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third
0% of 47 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #1,013 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Harrisonburg, City Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (47), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (53,016; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #1,013 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #26 of 570
- Population · VA
- 47
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- 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
- 16,561
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 44
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2003 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 1992 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2003 |
| Arsenic | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Endrin | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Cadmium | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Selenium | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Mercury | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Barium | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Fluoride | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| Chromium | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 2 | 1986 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 2 | 1986 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Harrisonburg, City Of has 47 recorded EPA violations, 55% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 45% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 47), and it ranks #1,013 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)
47 Around the middle fewer violations than 45% 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 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFDA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/8/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/8/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/8/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/8/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/8/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/8/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/8/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/8/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/8/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/2/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/2/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/2/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/2/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/2/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/2/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/2/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Harrisonburg, City Of
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for VA2660345.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
47 violations · 53,016 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 Harrisonburg, City Of
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