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VA American Water Bay Harbor

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
119 people
Connections
44
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Hopewell, VA
County
Northumberland
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

22539

The short answer

Nothing in EPA’s and CDC’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What was found

None of the contaminants in the records below were found at or above the reporting levels.

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Lead

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic results here are Virginia’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2022 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. VA American Water Bay Harbor’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has 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 2022.

Testing your own tap

VA American Water Bay Harbor’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 VA American Water Bay Harbor serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Coastal Bioanalysts, Inc.

    Gloucester, VA · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (804) 694-8285

  • Water Testing Labs of Maryland, Inc. / Chesapeake Labs, Inc. - Salisbury

    Salisbury, MD · about 50 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (410) 546-1318

  • Mid-Atlantic Laboratories, Inc.

    Port Royal, VA · about 52 miles

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

    (804) 742-5577

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 VA4133030. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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