West Virginia tap water
10 of 99 West Virginia water systems with full PFAS testing (10%) averaged above a 2024 federal PFAS level at one or more sampling points.
- 413 active community water systems in the EPA file; 84 serve 3,300+ people and have a full PFAS set.
- 171 systems had at least one health-based violation since 2021-10-26.
- 2 systems report a lead 90th percentile above 15 ppb (some results are old; check each system page).
Largest systems
| System | People served | PFAS above a 2024 level? | Health-based violations since 2021-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wvawc-Kanawha Valley Dist | 209,283 | No | 0 |
| Wvawc - Huntington Dist | 98,647 | No | 0 |
| Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River | 69,372 | No | 0 |
| Morgantown Utility Board | 66,851 | No | 0 |
| Beckley Water Company | 47,386 | No | 0 |
| Parkersburg Utility Board | 34,251 | Yes, at one or more sampling points | 2 |
| Fairmont City of | 30,586 | No | 0 |
| Wheeling | 29,899 | No | 2 |
All 5 utilities with a page in West Virginia
- Beckley Water Company 47,386
- Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River 69,372
- Morgantown Utility Board 66,851
- Wvawc - Huntington Dist 98,647
- Wvawc-Kanawha Valley Dist 209,283
Why not "the state's water quality"? You drink from one utility, not a state. Rollups count systems, not people, so one large utility counts the same as a small one. Use the system pages for your actual water.
Not medical or legal advice. UCMR 5 results are screening data, not compliance determinations.
Sources and freshness
Public-water-system facts, violations and lead/copper results: EPA ECHO SDWA download (SDWIS snapshot 2026-10-13). PFAS and lithium results: EPA UCMR 5 final data (sampling 2023–2025). Both are U.S. government works, downloaded 2026-10-26. Numbers are computed by the published method; the same fields are in the open data files.