Northern Development Service Dist.

Water Quality Snapshot: Northern Development Service Dist.

Northern Development Service Dist. is a private-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 7,050 residents in Isle of Wight, Virginia (Isle of Wight County) through 2,546 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 23 total violations for this system , of which 11 (48%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 8 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2007.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Fluoride, recorded in 7 violations (MCL, health-based). Under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, 1 PFAS compound was detected in samples collected from this system, with a maximum reported concentration of 5 ppt (parts per trillion). PFAS are persistent synthetic chemicals linked to health effects at very low exposure levels.

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%).

Northern Development Service Dist.'s 23 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.