Is Newbern Heights Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Pulaski

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-10-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-10-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-10-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-10-01 → 2022-12-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Bromodichloromethane	6.965 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.43 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	52.575 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 53.7 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	27.375 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	60.025 µg/L 75% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 60.4 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	67.225 µg/L 112% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 77.5 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	35.025 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 39.6 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	8.281 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.24 µg/L	15/16	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	0.9460 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.21 µg/L	12/16	SYR4	2013–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	6.785 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.58 µg/L	4/16	SYR4	2013–2019

2 contaminants tested, none detected

BromoformDibromoacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: DAY, TODD
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Newbern Heights

Is Newbern Heights tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 9 contaminants in Newbern Heights's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Newbern Heights's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dichloroacetic Acid, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Newbern Heights serve?

Newbern Heights reports serving 292 people in Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Newbern Heights had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 16 violations on file for Newbern Heights, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.