Is Columbia Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Fluvanna

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	2007-09-01 → 2007-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-09-01 → 2007-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-09-01 → 2007-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-09-01 → 2007-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1999-03-01 → 1999-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2005-02-01 → 2005-02-28
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2005-02-01 → 2005-02-28

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
Lead	0.00078 mg/L 5.2% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2023
Copper	498.188 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 648 µg/L	14/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.9800 µg/L 6.5% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 1.06 µg/L	11/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	1265.8 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1478.93 µg/L	8/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	45.6 µg/L 2.3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 50.9 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Xylenes, Total	313.648 µg/L 3.1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 390 µg/L	5/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	346 µg/L 8.6% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 370 µg/L	4/6	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	48.64 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 55 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	36.3069 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 39.701 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	19.55 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20.43 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2016–2019
Chloroform	23.612 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24.69 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2016–2019
Dibromochloromethane	8.1705 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.51 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2016–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	19.8946 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20.789 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2016–2019
Nitrate	690 µg/L 6.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.7287 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.816 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2016–2019
Bromoform	1.37 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/2	SYR4	2016–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.3900 pCi/L 7.8% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2016
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.587 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/2	SYR4	2016–2019
Ethylbenzene	0.9600 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L	1/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	5.4 pCi/L 36% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2016
Gross Beta Particle Activity	11.5 pCi/L No EPA limit set	1/1	SYR4	2016
Monochloroacetic Acid	12.509 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/2	SYR4	2016–2019

30 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalArsenicBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidNitriteSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: KRAKIE, ANDREW
Phone: 804-749-8868
Email: AKrakie@aquawater.com

Frequently asked questions about Columbia

Is Columbia tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Columbia'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 Columbia's water?

EPA monitoring detected Lead, Copper, Lead, Nitrate-Nitrite, Barium, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Columbia serve?

Columbia reports serving 110 people in Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Columbia had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 7 violations on file for Columbia, of which 5 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.