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Is Pennington Gap, VA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Pennington Gap, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Pennington Gap has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Town of Pennington Gap.

Woodway Water Authority, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Pennington Gap’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Pennington Gap

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Virginia certifies.

The 3 labs Virginia certifies closest to Pennington Gap, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Environmental Monitoring, Inc.

    Norton, VA · about 26 miles

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

    (276) 679-6544

  • The Town of Lebanon Water - Wastewater Laboratory

    Lebanon, VA · about 51 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (276) 889-7206

  • Washington County Service Authority

    Abingdon, VA · about 60 miles

    Certified for bacteria

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

ZIP codes in Pennington Gap

Which ZIP codes are in Pennington Gap: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: DCLS, drinking water laboratories with certification detail; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Pennington Gap

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