Campbell County Central System

Water Quality Snapshot: Campbell County Central System

Campbell County Central System is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 21,761 residents in Lynchburg, Virginia (Campbell County) through 9,230 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 31 total violations for this system , of which 1 (3%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 28 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2000.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Endrin, recorded in 2 violations (MR). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

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%).

Campbell County Central System's 31 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.