City of Harrisonburg water quality

Updated 2026-10-22 · Virginia · Affiliate disclosure

We read 9 results from City of Harrisonburg’s 2025 water quality report. No results over a legal limit; 1 above a health goal or guideline.

Serves about 53,016 people · Water system ID VA2660345 · Read the district’s 2025 report (opens in a new tab)

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Results from the 2025 report

Each number is copied from the district’s report and links to the page it’s printed on. Where the report lists several plants, wells or purchased water, the highest is shown.

ContaminantResultHealth goalLegal limitWhat it means
Radium (combined 226 + 228)as reported · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2022 · Treatment plant · 2025 report, page 40.2 pCi/L0 pCi/L5 pCi/LAbove the health goalThe health goal is zero
Bariumas reported · listed as a violation in the report · Treatment plant · 2025 report, page 40.03 ppm2 ppm2 ppmBelow the health goal
Chlorineaverage · range 0.1 to 1.55 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 40.87 ppmNone set4 ppmBelow the legal limit
Copper90th percentile of 30 homes tested, 0 over the action level · listed as a violation in the report · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 4Not detected0.3 ppm1.3 ppm (action level)Not detected
Disinfection byproducts (HAA5)highest running annual average · range 10 to 42 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 434 ppbNone set60 ppbBelow the legal limit
Disinfection byproducts (TTHM)highest running annual average · range 7 to 55 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 446 ppbNone set80 ppbBelow the legal limit
Lead90th percentile of 30 homes tested, 0 over the action level · listed as a violation in the report · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 4Not detected0.2 ppb15 ppb (action level)Not detected
Nitrate (as N)as reported · listed as a violation in the report · Treatment plant · 2025 report, page 41.39 ppm10 ppm10 ppmBelow the health goal
Sodiumas reported · listed as a violation in the report · Treatment plant · 2025 report, page 46.06 ppmNone setNoneNo health limit

Utility results describe the whole system, measured where water enters the pipes, not your tap. Your home’s plumbing can add lead or copper.

What you can do

Nothing here is an emergency notice: if the district has a violation, it must tell customers directly. If you’d like to lower these at your tap, these are the treatments that remove them, and the catalog shows the models certified for each. Ranking is by certified removal; commissions never change the order.

Radium and uranium

Found: Radium (combined 226 + 228)

What removes it: Reverse osmosis.

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