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What EPA’s and CDC’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
800 people
Connections
378
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Keysville, VA
County
Charlotte
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

23947

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the legal limit. 7 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2011 to 2023.

Arsenic: Virginia’s yearly averages per water system, as CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network publishes them, 2021 to 2023.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM): EPA’s violation records from 2020 on, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Feb. 23, 2012 to Oct. 9, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the legal limit1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

87ppb

Limit violation, 2024

EPA recorded three violations of the legal limit for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2020 and 2024. The highest measured level, for Oct. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2024, was an average of 87 ppb, above EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 85.4 ppb, in 2013, and EPA recorded violations in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

8.1ppb

90th percentile, 2023

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 8.1 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

50.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

2019 average: 46.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 50.8 ppb, in 2016, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 88 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 46.3 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility from 2012 to 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.98ppm

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

2019, one sample: 0.37 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.98 ppm, in 2016, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2019, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.37 ppm.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.12ppm

Highest sample; found in 5 of 8

2019, one sample: 0.08 ppm

The highest sample, in 2013, was 0.12 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2019, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.08 ppm.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 20240.087 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 20240.082 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2020 to March 31, 20200.082 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 20190.082 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2018 to March 31, 20180.081 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2017 to Dec. 31, 20170.082 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2017 to Sept. 30, 20170.086 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 5 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic results here are Virginia’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2021 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Town of Keysville’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; CDC’s yearly averages for Virginia cover 2021 to 2023; EPA’s compliance samples are from Feb. 23, 2012 to Oct. 9, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Town of Keysville’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Virginia certifies.

The 3 labs Virginia certifies closest to the area Town of Keysville serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • B & B Consultants, Inc.

    Chase City, VA · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (434) 372-3393

  • VDACS RAHL Lynchburg

    Lynchburg, VA · about 40 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • BWXT Lynchburg Technology Center

    Lynchburg, VA · about 40 miles

    Certified for radioactivity

    (434) 522-6803

Virginia Household Water Quality Program, Virginia Cooperative Extension: Drinking water clinics in about 70 counties a year, run through local Extension offices: pick up a kit, collect the sample on the set day, and drop it off locally. Each kit tests well, spring or cistern water for 28 things, including bacteria, nitrate, lead and arsenic. $70 a kit, with funding to help if you need it. Virginia Household Water Quality Program.

All 145 certified labs for Virginia

Sources

PWSID VA5037300. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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