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Town of Hurt

Serves Hurt, Pittsylvania County, VA · 1,300 people served

Federal records show 6 health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Hurt in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • VA5143246
  • HURT
  • VA
  • 1,300 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 24563
EPA system ID VA5143246

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
6
Resolved
6
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Town of Hurt buys its water from Town of Altavista.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2020.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Virginia, August 2020.
  • Record on file since 1995, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 626 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 8, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 22, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1995

EPA's records for Town of Hurt go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 14 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 11
October 19, 2016 to 2019 4 1
2020s 2 3

Enforcement actions

Virginia regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Town of Hurt in 2020. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 8, 2020 Virginia Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations (4 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

4 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

2 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Town of Hurt buys its water from Town of Altavista. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Town of Hurt.

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Annual water quality report

Town of Hurt 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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