Question 1

Is Chatham, Town Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Chatham, Town Of (PWS ID: VA5143114) has 184 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 2,500 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Chatham, Town Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Chatham, Town Of serves 2,500 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Chatham or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 952 service connections. The operator address is listed in Chatham, Virginia.

Question 3

What type of violations does Chatham, Town Of have?

Accepted Answer

Chatham, Town Of has 184 total violations: 28 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 155 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Chatham, Town Of water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Chatham, Town Of under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Chatham, Town Of use?

Accepted Answer

Chatham, Town Of uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Chatham, Town Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Chatham, Town Of ranks #11,978 of 29,740 by people served, and #188 of 570 in Virginia. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Chatham, Town Of's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Chatham, Town Of has 184 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 16% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 84% of that cohort has fewer violations than Chatham, Town Of. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL	12	2005
TTHM	MCL	12	2005
Coliform (TCR)	MR	12	2006
Nitrate-Nitrite	MR	4	2001
Chromium	MR	4	2001
Nickel	MR	4	2001
Antimony, Total	MR	4	2001
Thallium, Total	MR	4	2001
Selenium	MR	4	2001
Fluoride	MR	4	2001
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	4	2001
Vinyl chloride	MR	4	2001
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	4	2001
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	4	2001
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	4	2001
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	4	2001
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	4	2001
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	4	2001
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	4	2001
Benzene	MR	4	2001
Toluene	MR	4	2001
Styrene	MR	4	2001
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	4	2011
Beryllium, Total	MR	4	2001
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	4	2001
Trichloroethylene	MR	4	2001
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	4	2001
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	4	2001
Chlorine	MR	4	2010
Ethylbenzene	MR	4	2001

Chatham, Town Of

Chatham, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Chatham, Town Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served