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Is Richlands, VA tap water safe?

Town of Richlands serves Richlands, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Town of Richlands serves Richlands. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 52.4 ppb, above the legal limit.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

Water testing near Richlands

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 Richlands, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • The Town of Lebanon Water - Wastewater Laboratory

    Lebanon, VA · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (276) 889-7206

  • Washington County Service Authority

    Abingdon, VA · about 29 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • WV American Water - Bluefield

    Bluefield, WV · about 37 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (304) 327-8913

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 Richlands

Which ZIP codes are in Richlands: 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 Richlands

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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