{"id":46,"date":"2016-04-13T20:52:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T20:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:53:08","slug":"compliance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/office-of-drinking-water\/compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-536 size-full\" title=\"Va Dept of Health - gavel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/04\/Va-Dept-of-Health-gavel.jpg\" alt=\"Va Dept of Health - gavel\" width=\"191\" height=\"125\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Office of Drinking Water&#8217;s goal is to take fair and consistent enforcement actions to ensure compliance with Virginia&#8217;s <em>Waterworks Regulations<\/em> in a manner that protects health and well-being of the Commonwealth&#8217;s citizens. Information is available regarding: Annual Compliance Report, EPA List of Serious Violators, Legal Authority, and Penalties.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/office-of-drinking-water\/compliance\/administrative-orders\/\">Administrative Orders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/virginia-annual-pws-compliance-report\/\">Annual Compliance Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/office-of-drinking-water\/compliance\/epa-list-of-significant-non-compliers-waterworks-enforcement-targeting\/\">EPA List of Serious Violators<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/office-of-drinking-water\/compliance\/penalties\/\">Legal Authority &amp; Penalties<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Drinking Water&#8217;s goal is to take fair and consistent enforcement actions to ensure compliance with Virginia&#8217;s Waterworks Regulations in a manner that protects health and well-being of the Commonwealth&#8217;s citizens. 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