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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
1,900 people
Connections
750
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Victoria, VA
County
Lunenburg
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

23974

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. 6 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2005 to 2026.

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

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Jan. 11, 2012 to Nov. 13, 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

77.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

2019 average: 75.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 77.8 ppb, in 2018, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 122 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 75.8 ppb. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded violations for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2015 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

6.6ppb

90th percentile, 2024 to 2026

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 6.6 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

42.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

2019 average: 22.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 42.3 ppb, in 2014, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 74 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 22.8 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

1.0ppm

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

2019, one sample: 0.92 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.0 ppm, in 2014, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2019, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.92 ppm.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.1ppm

Highest sample; found in 3 of 8

2019: not found

The highest sample, in 2017, was 0.1 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2019, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

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
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleToo many readings in a month showed cloudiness above the filtration standard.EPA: Monthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)March 1, 2026 to March 31, 2026—Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleOne cloudiness reading was above the maximum allowed.EPA: Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)March 1, 2026 to March 31, 2026—Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleToo many readings in a month showed cloudiness above the filtration standard.EPA: Monthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Feb. 1, 2026 to Feb. 28, 2026—Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleOne cloudiness reading was above the maximum allowed.EPA: Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Feb. 1, 2026 to Feb. 28, 2026—Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleToo many readings in a month showed cloudiness above the filtration standard.EPA: Monthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Jan. 1, 2026 to Jan. 31, 2026—Resolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2019 to June 30, 20190.086 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 3 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. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Town of Victoria’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 Jan. 11, 2012 to Nov. 13, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Town of Victoria’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 Victoria 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 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (434) 372-3393

  • Biotech Laboratory

    Chesterfield, VA · about 42 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (804) 520-4807

  • Addison-Evans Water Production & Laboratory Facility

    Midlothian, VA · about 46 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

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 VA5111800. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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