Community Water System · PWS VA6137999
Wilderness
Operator location Madison, Virginia - 63% of 102 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 13,274 served per SDWIS.
- 13,274
- People served (this PWS)
- 102
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 64
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Wilderness standing, high SDWIS violation third
63% of 102 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 63% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #3,803 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Wilderness sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (102), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (13,274; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 63% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #3,803 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #66 of 570
- Population · VA
- 102
- Total EPA violations on record
- 63%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 5,440
- County
- Orange
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 56
- Monitoring Violations
- 25
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 8
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 56 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 10 | 2024 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 7 | 2016 |
| TTHM | MR | 6 | 2007 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2018 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 4 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 4 | 2024 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 2 | 2016 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Wilderness has 102 recorded EPA violations, 74% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 26% carry more. 63% of this system's own violations are health-based (64 of 102), and it ranks #3,803 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)
102 Around the middle fewer violations than 26% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTrDA | 8/12/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/12/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/12/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/12/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/12/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/12/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/17/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/17/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/17/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/22/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/22/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/22/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Wilderness
64 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for VA6137999.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
102 violations · 13,274 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 similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Wilderness
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
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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.