Albright Town Of, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Albright Town Of at a glance
Albright Town Of serves about 334 people through 148 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Preston County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3303901; phone on file: 304-329-1895. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Albright Town Of's lead record
That is down 2 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Albright Town Of is 3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 408 West Virginia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.9 ppb; 4 are over 15 ppb right now and 20 have gone over at some point. Albright Town Of's 1 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in West Virginia and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Preston County
10 other systems share Preston County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Albright Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Preston County Psd 4 | 8,753 | 5.2 ppb |
| Kingwood Water Board | 7,674 | 1.5 ppb |
| Masontown Water Works | 2,239 | 0 (not detected) |
| Terra Alta Water Works | 1,856 | 3.1 ppb |
| Tunnelton Town Of | 1,346 | 1 ppb |
| Alpine Lake Public Utilities | 1,325 | 0.54 ppb |
| Newburg Town Of | 1,133 | 0.76 ppb |
| Rowlesburg Water Works | 680 | 0.52 ppb |
| Arthurdale Water Assoc. | 264 | 3.7 ppb |
| Alyeska Inc | 50 | 0.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Albright, WV may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Albright Town Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.