Alderson Water, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.09 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Alderson Water at a glance
Alderson Water serves about 2,458 people through 701 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301315; phone on file: 304-445-2916. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Alderson Water's lead record
That is down 1.65 ppb from 2.74 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Alderson Water is 3.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.09 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.74 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.74 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.3 ppb |
Against other West Virginia systems
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. Alderson Water's 1.09 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in West Virginia and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Greenbrier County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Alderson Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lewisburg | 12,065 | 3 ppb |
| White Sulphur Springs Water | 3,845 | 0.81 ppb |
| Greenbrier Hotel Corporation | 3,280 | 0.87 ppb |
| Ronceverte Water | 2,091 | 0.68 ppb |
| Greenbrier County Psd 2 | 1,478 | 2.95 ppb |
| Rainelle Water Dept | 1,381 | 19.2 ppb |
| Rupert Water | 1,170 | 1.16 ppb |
| Rainelle Water Treatment Plant 2 | 290 | 0.2 ppb |
| Davis Stuart Inc | 100 | 7.1 ppb |
| Renick, Town Of | 79 | - |
Next steps for Alderson, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Alderson, 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 Alderson Water 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.