- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found none.
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1.12 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Chesapeake tap water? What EPA records show
EPA VA3550051 · serves Chesapeake, VA · about 165,240 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
City of Chesapeake - Northwest River Sys (EPA VA3550051)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Chesapeake's main utility, City of Chesapeake - Northwest River Sys: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (VA3550051) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for City of Chesapeake - Northwest River Sys, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (VA3550051) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for City of Chesapeake - Northwest River Sys (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 1.12 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found none.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does City of Chesapeake - Northwest River Sys use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for City of Chesapeake - Northwest River Sys. EPA record