Public water system · VA3175520
ActiveNottoway Gardens
At a glance
Nottoway Gardens (PWSID VA3175520) is an active community water system in Southampton County, Virginia. It reports serving 200 people through 78 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2024.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
200
Service connections
78
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does Nottoway Gardens compare with other water systems in Southampton County?
By EPA's size categories, Nottoway Gardens is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Southampton County has 34 active public water systems. Its population served is about 39% below the county average of 329 people per system, and accounts for 1.8% of the 11,198 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Virginia, the 2,420 active systems average 3,122 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Nottoway Gardens is well below that figure.
What does “community water system” mean?
A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Virginia has 844 active community water systems, 35% of the state's 2,420 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 2,089 Virginia systems (86%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Nottoway Gardens?
EPA lists Nottoway Gardens as privately owned. The VA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 18 of the 34 active systems in Southampton County (53%) are also privately owned.
Does Nottoway Gardens have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2024. The violations listed here began between September 1994 and May 2024. By type: 1 monitoring, 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminants or rules involved are Revised Total Coliform Rule, Consumer Confidence Rule and Total coliform bacteria (TCR). EPA lists 2 as resolved and 1 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2009-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 1994-09-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Archived |
All 3 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Nottoway Gardens: frequently asked questions
Who runs Nottoway Gardens?
Nottoway Gardens (PWSID VA3175520) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the VA state drinking water program.
How many people does Nottoway Gardens serve?
Nottoway Gardens reports serving 200 people through 78 service connections in Southampton County, Virginia.
Where does Nottoway Gardens get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Nottoway Gardens have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2024. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Nottoway Gardens' water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2024. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the VA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Nottoway Gardens' water quality report?
As a community water system, Nottoway Gardens must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.
Other water systems in Southampton County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton High School | Southampton | 2,000 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Boykins-Branchville System | Southampton | 1,430 | Community | Groundwater |
| Courtland, Town of | Southampton | 1,284 | Community | Groundwater |
| Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen of Va | Southampton | 800 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Newsoms Town of | Southampton | 550 | Community | Groundwater |
| Southampton Meadows | Southampton | 500 | Community | Groundwater |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Nottoway Gardens, PWSID VA3175520, Virginia”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/virginia/nottoway-gardens-va3175520 (data as of October 1, 2026).