Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS VA3131145
Sun Outdoors - Cape Charles
Operator location Mappsville, Virginia - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 120 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,025 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,025
- People served (this PWS)
- 120
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Sun Outdoors - Cape Charles standing, high SDWIS violation third
120 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #19,201 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Sun Outdoors - Cape Charles sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (120), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,025 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #19,201 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #360 of 570
- Population · VA
- 120
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- 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
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 695
- County
- Northampton
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 10
- Monitoring Violations
- 83
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 56 | 2014 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 12 | 2021 |
| Public Notice | Other | 12 | 2008 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 10 | 2013 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 7 | 2022 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2007 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Sun Outdoors - Cape Charles has 120 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 120), and it ranks #19,201 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)
120 Higher than most more violations than 77% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Sun Outdoors - Cape Charles
120 violations on record for VA3131145; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
120 violations · 1,025 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Sun Outdoors - Cape Charles
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