Is Walker Creek Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: GUP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Smyth

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
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2001-07-01 → 2001-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2001-07-01 → 2001-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2001-07-01 → 2001-07-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-03-31

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
Copper	187.2 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 216 µg/L	17/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Chloroform	45.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 63 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	51.2 µg/L 64% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 72 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	5.94 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.4 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	25.05 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30 µg/L	12/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	47.75 µg/L 80% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 56 µg/L	12/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2025
Dibromochloromethane	1.33 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	8/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	22.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24 µg/L	7/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.21 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	3/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	2.73 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	1/20	SYR4	2014–2017

3 contaminants tested, none detected

BromoformDibromoacetic AcidMonobromoacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: UTT, SHAWN M.
Phone: 276-783-3298
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Walker Creek

Is Walker Creek tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 11 contaminants in Walker Creek'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 Walker Creek's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Chloroform, TTHM, Bromodichloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Walker Creek serve?

Walker Creek reports serving 1,135 people in Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Walker Creek had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 72 violations on file for Walker Creek, of which 3 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.