Community Water System · PWSID VA2125325

Ncsa - Lovingston

Serves 2,493 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentLovingston, Virginia
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On record since 2007: 118 violations. 1 over the limit · 117 missed or late tests. Most recent began 2025-04-01.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

1Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
117Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 99% of active water systems in Virginia. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

20052007 · Missed or late test: 1201020152016 · Over the limit: 12016 · Missed or late test: 12017 · Missed or late test: 272017 · Missed or late test: 272017 · Missed or late test: 272017 · Missed or late test: 272017 · Missed or late test: 272017 · Missed or late test: 272017 · Missed or late test: 272019 · Missed or late test: 442019 · Missed or late test: 442019 · Missed or late test: 442019 · Missed or late test: 442019 · Missed or late test: 442019 · Missed or late test: 442019 · Missed or late test: 442019 · Missed or late test: 442019 · Missed or late test: 442019 · Missed or late test: 442019 · Missed or late test: 4420202021 · Missed or late test: 72021 · Missed or late test: 72023 · Missed or late test: 42024 · Missed or late test: 92024 · Missed or late test: 92024 · Missed or late test: 92025 · Missed or late test: 242025 · Missed or late test: 242025 · Missed or late test: 242025 · Missed or late test: 242025 · Missed or late test: 242025 · Missed or late test: 242025
One square ≈ 4 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
<1% over the limit · 199% missed or late test · 117

Across Virginia, 74% of violations are missed or late tests and 7% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)2016-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0730 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 9 results on file · action level 15 ppb

4.4 ppb
4.2 ppb
3.8 ppb
3.3 ppb
3.3 ppb
2.9 ppb
2.1 ppb
1.7 ppb
0.56 ppb

Copper, 90th percentile 2 results on file · action level 1.3 mg/L

1.5 mg/L
1.4 mg/L

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-04-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2025-04-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  3. 2025-04-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  4. 2025-04-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  5. 2025-04-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2025-04-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2025-04-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2025-04-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  9. 2025-04-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2025-04-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2025-04-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2025-04-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2025-04-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2025-04-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2025-04-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2025-04-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2025-04-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2025-04-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2025-04-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2025-04-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2025-04-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2025-01-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2025-01-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2025-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2024-12-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
Show the other 92 entries
  1. 2024-12-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2024-10-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2024-10-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2024-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2024-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  6. 2024-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  7. 2024-06-01Carbon, Total ×2Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  8. 2023-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  9. 2023-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  10. 2023-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2023-07-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2021-01-01TdsMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2021-01-01OdorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2021-01-01CorrosivityMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2021-01-01ColorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2021-01-01SulfateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2021-01-01FluorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2021-01-01ChlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2019-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  20. 2019-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2019-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2019-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2019-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2019-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2019-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  26. 2019-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  27. 2019-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  28. 2019-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  29. 2019-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  30. 2019-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  31. 2019-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  32. 2019-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  33. 2019-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  34. 2019-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  35. 2019-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  36. 2019-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  37. 2019-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  38. 2019-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  39. 2019-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  40. 2019-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  41. 2019-01-01SeleniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  42. 2019-01-01ZincMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  43. 2019-01-01Thallium, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  44. 2019-01-01Beryllium, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  45. 2019-01-01Antimony, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  46. 2019-01-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  47. 2019-01-01NickelMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  48. 2019-01-01MercuryMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  49. 2019-01-01ManganeseMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  50. 2019-01-01IronMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  51. 2019-01-01ChromiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  52. 2019-01-01CadmiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  53. 2019-01-01BariumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  54. 2019-01-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  55. 2019-01-01TdsMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  56. 2019-01-01OdorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  57. 2019-01-01CorrosivityMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  58. 2019-01-01ColorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  59. 2019-01-01SulfateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  60. 2019-01-01FluorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  61. 2019-01-01ChlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  62. 2019-01-01Nitrate-NitriteMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  63. 2017-01-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  64. 2017-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  65. 2017-01-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  66. 2017-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  67. 2017-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  68. 2017-01-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  69. 2017-01-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  70. 2017-01-01AldrinMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  71. 2017-01-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  72. 2017-01-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  73. 2017-01-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  74. 2017-01-01LassoMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  75. 2017-01-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  76. 2017-01-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  77. 2017-01-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  78. 2017-01-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  79. 2017-01-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  80. 2017-01-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  81. 2017-01-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  82. 2017-01-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  83. 2017-01-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  84. 2017-01-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  85. 2017-01-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  86. 2017-01-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  87. 2017-01-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  88. 2017-01-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  89. 2017-01-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  90. 2016-07-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  91. 2016-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0730 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  92. 2007-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served2,493
Service connections408
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityLovingston
EPA ZIP on file22949

Areas served

  • Nelson County

Reading this record

Ncsa - Lovingston is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 2,493 people in Lovingston, Virginia. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.