Question 1

Is Madison, Town Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Madison, Town Of (PWS ID: VA6113200) has 114 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 784 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Madison, Town Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Madison, Town Of serves 784 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Madison or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 277 service connections. The operator address is listed in Madison, Virginia.

Question 3

What type of violations does Madison, Town Of have?

Accepted Answer

Madison, Town Of has 114 total violations: 22 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 88 monitoring/reporting violations, and 6 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Madison, Town Of water?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

What water source does Madison, Town Of use?

Accepted Answer

Madison, 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 Madison, Town Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Madison, Town Of ranks #22,903 of 29,740 by people served, and #451 of 570 in Virginia. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Madison, Town Of has 114 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 24% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 76% of that cohort has fewer violations than Madison, 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	16	2023
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule	TT	6	2021
Coliform (TCR)	MR	5	2001
Endrin	MR	3	2001
Methoxychlor	MR	3	2001
LASSO	MR	3	2001
Heptachlor	MR	3	2001
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	3	2001
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	3	2001
Chlordane	MR	3	2001
Dalapon	MR	3	2001
Dinoseb	MR	3	2001
Pentachlorophenol	MR	3	2001
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	3	2001
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	3	2001
Carbofuran	MR	3	2001
2,4-D	MR	3	2001
2,4,5-TP	MR	3	2001
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE	MR	3	2001
Atrazine	MR	3	2001
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	3	2001
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	3	2001
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	3	2001
Toxaphene	MR	3	2001
Simazine	MR	3	2001
OXAMYL	MR	3	2001
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	3	2001
Picloram	MR	3	2001
Nitrate	MR	1	1980
Chromium	MR	1	1980

Madison, Town Of

Madison, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Madison, Town Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

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