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Drinking water compliance, PFAS records, natural water body health, discharge permits, and water-quality monitoring records for Lynchburg.
Public water-system records for Lynchburg, VA from EPA SDWIS.
Lynchburg, City of
No active drinking-water issues detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
City listed in EPA records · Serves 80,995 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
Reviewed: source records as of Q1 2026
EPA UCMR5 — No PFAS detection records shown for these water systems
Open data source: EPA UCMR5DoD PFAS — No investigation records shown for this report
Open data source: DoD PFASWater Body Impairment (ATTAINS) city records are temporarily unavailable.
NPDES permits regulate pollutant discharges into U.S. waterways. Facilities must report compliance quarterly.
Violation records
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: source records as of 2026
Air quality data from EPA monitoring stations, facility emissions inventories, and area-level air-quality designations in this city.
Lynchburg city County
Reported: Dec 2020
EPA national average is ~30 per million
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 30-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 30 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top local emission sources
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
Air Quality Nonattainment Areas city records are temporarily unavailable.
Lynchburg City Water Tower
Annual mean: 5.6 μg/m³ · EPA standard: 9 μg/m³
Annual standard context: 3 exceedance days recorded in the reporting period
Reported: 2024
Natural Bridge Ranger Station
Annual mean: 0.039 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Reported: 2024
Data from EPA AQS
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
TRI releases are self-reported annual totals (calendar year 2024). Hover fugitive or stack for definitions.
Banker Steel Co LLC
Reported: 2024
Certainteed / Seven Hills Paperboard LLC
Reported: 2024
Contaminated sites, waste facilities, cleanup records, and industrial operations in this city.
Reviewed: source query run Nov 2026
Brownfield sites are properties where redevelopment is complicated by the presence of hazardous substances.
Open data source: Search EPA ECHO1 site with active cleanup or investigation status
1800 Langhorne Road, Lynchburg
Reported: Feb 2026
Facilities with hazardous-waste handler records under RCRA in the reviewed 5-mile city-center search area. Active handler status is separate from air, water, or other ECHO compliance violations, which are shown in their own sections.
Active RCRA handler records in the reviewed city search area
No release reports shown in this group.
Reviewed: active/open records as of 2018
Data from EPA UST Finder
Reviewed: reporting year 2024
No MSHA mine or extraction site records shown for this report.
Flood-map status, chemical accident risk, nuclear facilities, pipeline incidents, and community health indicators in this city.
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer maps flood risk. Properties in a Special Flood Hazard Area are required to carry flood insurance if they have a federally backed mortgage.
Special Flood Hazard Area — 1% annual chance of flooding (100-year floodplain) with base flood elevation.
Risk Management Program records cover listed chemicals above EPA thresholds. Records may include historical registrations and do not confirm current operations or current chemical inventories.
Accident history is not established by these EPA ECHO facility records.
Reviewed: source records as of Q1 2026
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: 2000-present
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
Lynchburg city County, VirginiaPop. 79,287
Reported: Mar 2026
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking Water Violations
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 10,718 | 7,297 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 17.3% | 14.2% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 17.0% | 12.9% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 38.4% | 34.2% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| Drinking Water Violations | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 11.5% | 10.2% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 74.1 | 78.1 | 77.6 |