Charlottesville Water Quality

The safety of your drinking water and the health of our customers and staff is our number one priority.

Charlottesville water quality.

The water quality meets all the standards in place by the safe water drinking act epa and virginia health department. The city of charlottesville department of utilities wants to make it clear that covid 19 does not affect the quality of your drinking water. Water testing in charlottesville albemarle fluvanna county palmyra crozet gordonsville fork union scottsville stanardsville va 1 800 582 5211 we provide convenient quick water testing results. Water quality and supply.

Rwsa and the city are responsible for providing high quality drinking water by using corrosion inhibitors added to the water to coat the pipes and having only lead free pipes installed to carry drinking water. The multi barrier and disinfection processes like the ones we use to produce your water remove or inactivate viruses. Epa enforcement and compliance history database echo. The city of charlottesville s water is treated and monitored by the rivanna water and sewer authority rwsa.

The charlottesville department of utilities provides the charlottesville community with drinking water that exceeds safety standards efficient wastewater services and safe and reliable natural gas that are all delivered at a reasonable cost in an environmentally responsible manner. Ewg s drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the environmental working group by the virginia department of health office of drinking water as well as information from the u s. The city of charlottesville publishes annual water quality reports which include results from drinking water tested in the city. Through our five treated water pump stations and 67 miles of water transmission pipes water flows to the city of charlottesville and or the albemarle county service authority s municipal water distribution systems.

At waterzen we review these reports and make the information available in a concise straightforward and easy to understand way. Working in conjunction with the utility billing office these services are supported by a dedicated staff who are committed to excellence in service to the community. Annual water quality reports the environmental protection agency epa and the virginia department of health vdh require that we test the drinking water regularly for particular contamination. 168 spotnap road charlottesville virginia 22911.

The safe yield of our water supply is currently estimated at 19 mgd. Under the authority of the safe drinking water act the epa requires charlottesville city water to assess local water quality each year and distribute a consumer confidence water quality report.