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Wvwa Ferrum Water System

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
1,996 people
Connections
161
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Roanoke, VA
County
Franklin
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

24088

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2007 to 2025.

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), chromium (total), fluoride and nitrate: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Aug. 21, 2013 to Sept. 19, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

5.1ppb

90th percentile, 2023 to 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 5.1 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 limits2

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

38.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2013 to 2019

Averaged by year, the highest was 38.7 ppb, in 2019, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

8.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2013 to 2019

Averaged by year, the highest was 8.1 ppb, in 2019, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
4 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Nitrate

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.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 4 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic results here are Virginia’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2023 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), chromium (total), fluoride and nitrate come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Wvwa Ferrum Water System’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 2023; EPA’s compliance samples are from Aug. 21, 2013 to Sept. 19, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Wvwa Ferrum Water System’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 Wvwa Ferrum Water System serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Cisco Labs of Martinsville Va

    Martinsville, VA · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (276) 638-2472

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Eden NC

    Eden, NC · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

  • Southwest Soils and Water Testing

    Hillsville, VA · about 35 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (276) 733-5682

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 VA5067120. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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