Public water system record
Fort Eustis
Serves Newport News, Newport News city, VA · 16,900 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Fort Eustis in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Fort Eustis buys its water from City of Newport News.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Virginia, March 2001.
- Record on file since 1977, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 290 unknown out of 874 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Fort Eustis go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (5 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 17 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1 | 13 |
| 1990s | 6 | 0 |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began April 2000, Resolved.
Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1993 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1993 | Archived |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1984 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Virginia regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Fort Eustis in 2001. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2001.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2001 | Virginia | Compliance order (no penalty) | 4 violations (4 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Fort Eustis buys its water from City of Newport News. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- City of Newport News Newport News, VA
Annual water quality report
Fort Eustis must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Virginia.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells