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Fairfax County, Virginia: drinking water records

This overview covers 43 ZIP codes and 5 community water systems in Fairfax County. It also stands in for 0 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.

In focus43ZIP codes in this overview
Public records. Clearer context.
4
systems in EPA's PFAS survey
4
systems where PFAS was found
2
systems at or above the PFOA or PFOS limit, on the yearly-average basis EPA uses
2
systems that have reached the lead action level
0
systems with a health-based violation since 2016

System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.

Water systems with the most complete records

Water systemPeople servedPFAS survey resultsPFAS foundHealth-based violationsLead, 9 in 10 homes at or below
Fairfax County Water Authority VA60595011,121,613720801.2 ppb
Fort Belvoir VA605945039,303120700.2 ppb
Vienna, Town of VA605980027,134120200.6 ppb
Herndon, Town of VA605955024,601120300.4 ppb
Tauxemont VA60597502500001 ppb

ZIP reports in Fairfax County

No ZIP report in this county is published yet.

Sources and scope

EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.

Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.

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