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Water system · PWSID VA4760100

RICHMOND, CITY OF

RICHMOND, VA · ~229,395 people served

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100
Excellent
PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

VA4760100

State

Virginia

City

RICHMOND

Population served

229,395

Primary source

Surface water

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

24

Violations on record

0

Unaddressed

1

Health-based

14

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Mar 2022. Official EPA record →

Monitoring · Lead & Copper Rule began Sep 2021 Resolved
Treatment technique · Bromate health-based began Jul 2020 Resolved
Monitoring · Lead & Copper Rule began Nov 2018 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2968 began Jan 1998 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2996 began Jan 1998 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2987 began Jan 1998 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2991 began Jan 1998 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2979 began Jan 1998 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2955 began Jan 1998 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2976 began Jan 1998 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2964 began Jan 1998 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2378 began Jan 1998 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

  • State action · SOX Mar 2022
  • State action · SIE Sep 2021
  • State action · SFJ Sep 2021
  • State action · SFJ Sep 2021
  • State action · SIE Sep 2021
  • State action · SOX Sep 2021
  • State action · SIF Dec 2019
  • State action · SFJ Dec 2018

Area water-quality monitoring

Environmental monitoring (rivers, wells, intakes) recorded in this system’s service area in the EPA/USGS Water Quality Portal since 2018 — source/ambient water, not finished tap water. Context for the watershed, not a reading from your tap.

ContaminantMedian · max · samples

Nitrate

4 stations · latest May 2026

0.156 · max 0.45 mg/L · 497

Arsenic

2 stations · latest Oct 2021

0.415 · max 0.46 ug/L · 2

Copper

2 stations · latest Oct 2021

1.21 · max 1.92 ug/L · 2

Lead

2 stations · latest Oct 2021

0.035 · max 0.04 ug/L · 2

Manganese

2 stations · latest Oct 2021

28.3 · max 48.9 ug/L · 2

Source: Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/state agencies). Values are as-reported and aren’t health thresholds.

This profile is built from EPA public records for system VA4760100 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.