Community Water System · PWS VA5019675
Montvale Water, Inc.
Operator location Montvale, Virginia - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 698 people served; 108 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 698
- People served (this PWS)
- 108
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 9
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Montvale Water, Inc. standing, high SDWIS violation third
698 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #24,517 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Montvale Water, Inc. sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (108), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (698; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #24,517 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #475 of 570
- Population · VA
- 108
- 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
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 275
- County
- Bedford
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 9
- Monitoring Violations
- 80
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 29 | 2015 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 19 | 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 9 | 1998 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 9 | 2004 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 7 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 6 | 2005 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 6 | 2005 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Montvale Water, Inc. has 108 recorded EPA violations, 75% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 25% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 108), and it ranks #24,517 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)
108 Around the middle fewer violations than 25% 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 Montvale Water, Inc.
EPA SDWIS lists 698 people served and 275 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
108 violations · 698 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Montvale Water, Inc.
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Virginia compares on the same EPA violation measures. Virginia systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.