Is Virginia Beach, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government

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	Resolved	2012-05-01 → 2012-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-05-01 → 2012-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-05-01 → 2012-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-05-01 → 2012-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1977-06-01 → 1981-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1977-06-01 → 1981-05-31

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
TTHM	76 µg/L 95% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 92 µg/L	387/387	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	15.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18 µg/L	376/376	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	59 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 72 µg/L	376/376	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	22 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26 µg/L	375/375	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	44 µg/L 73% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 49 µg/L	375/375	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	22 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24 µg/L	375/375	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	362/362	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	185.95 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 650 µg/L	150/150	SYR4	2012–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.39 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	22/375	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	7.7 µg/L 51% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 14 µg/L	19/150	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	16/16	LCR	2024
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	9/375	SYR4	2012–2019

32 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: WHEELER, ROBERT L.
Phone: 757-385-1439
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Virginia Beach, City of

Is Virginia Beach, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Virginia Beach, City of'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 Virginia Beach, City of's water?

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

How many people does Virginia Beach, City of serve?

Virginia Beach, City of reports serving 437,994 people in Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Virginia Beach, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 6 violations on file for Virginia Beach, City of, of which 4 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.