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Sunray Artesian Water Supply

At a glance

Sunray Artesian Water Supply (PWSID VA3550775) is an active community water system in Virginia. It reports serving 45 people through 25 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

45

Service connections

25

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDVA3550775
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served45
Service connections25
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyVA state drinking water program
City servedChesapeake City
StateVirginia
ZIP—
County—

How does Sunray Artesian Water Supply compare with other water systems in Virginia?

By EPA's size categories, Sunray Artesian Water Supply is a very small system (500 people or fewer). 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 Sunray Artesian Water Supply 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 Sunray Artesian Water Supply?

EPA lists Sunray Artesian Water Supply 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.

Does Sunray Artesian Water Supply have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2020 and September 2025. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting, 3 monitoring and 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2025-09-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2025-07-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000NoResolved
2025-05-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2025-03-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-10-01Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoResolved
2021-07-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Arseniccode 1005NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Thalliumcode 1085NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Fluoridecode 1025NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nickelcode 1036NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Mercurycode 1035NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Bariumcode 1010NoResolved

The 12 most recent 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.

Sunray Artesian Water Supply: frequently asked questions

Who runs Sunray Artesian Water Supply?

Sunray Artesian Water Supply (PWSID VA3550775) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the VA state drinking water program.

How many people does Sunray Artesian Water Supply serve?

Sunray Artesian Water Supply reports serving 45 people through 25 service connections in Virginia.

Where does Sunray Artesian Water Supply 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 Sunray Artesian Water Supply have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. 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 Sunray Artesian Water Supply's 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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the VA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Sunray Artesian Water Supply's water quality report?

As a community water system, Sunray Artesian Water Supply 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.

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Fairfax County Water AuthorityFairfax1,121,613CommunitySurface water
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Newport News, City of—407,300CommunitySurface water
Chesterfield Co Central Water SystemChesterfield389,897CommunitySurface water
Loudoun Water - Central SystemLoudoun334,808CommunitySurface water
Henrico County Water SystemHenrico330,000CommunitySurface water

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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, “Sunray Artesian Water Supply, PWSID VA3550775, Virginia”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/virginia/sunray-artesian-water-supply-va3550775 (data as of October 1, 2026).