Public water system record
City of Newport News
Serves Newport News, Hampton and Yorktown, Newport News city, Hampton city and 1 more county, VA · 407,300 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Newport News 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
- 0
Key facts
- City of Newport News draws water from 6 surface water intakes.
- Record on file since 1980, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 9,546 unknown out of 134,937 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for City of Newport News go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 11 |
Where the water comes from
City of Newport News draws water from 6 surface water intakes. 9 other community water systems buy water from City of Newport News.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Carver Gardens Rockville, VA
- Cheatham Annex Yorktown, VA
- Fort Eustis Fort Eustis, VA
- Fort Monroe Fort Monroe, VA
- Langley Air Force Base Langley AFB, VA
- Nelson Park Rockville, VA
- Queens Lake System Rockville, VA
- York Terrace System Rockville, VA
- Yorktown Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, VA
Annual water quality report
City of Newport News 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