Alpine Lake Public Utilities, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.54 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Alpine Lake Public Utilities serves about 1,325 people through 537 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 groundwater, in Preston County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3303921; phone on file: 304-789-6996. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0.43 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Alpine Lake Public Utilities is 5.5 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.54 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.43 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.83 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.5 ppb |
How Alpine Lake Public Utilities compares
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. Alpine Lake Public Utilities's 0.54 ppb sits at the 34th percentile in West Virginia and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Preston County
10 other systems share Preston County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Alpine Lake Public Utilities. 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 |
| Newburg Town Of | 1,133 | 0.76 ppb |
| Rowlesburg Water Works | 680 | 0.52 ppb |
| Albright Town Of | 334 | 1 ppb |
| Arthurdale Water Assoc. | 264 | 3.7 ppb |
| Alyeska Inc | 50 | 0.5 ppb |
Next steps for Terra Alta, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Terra Alta, 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 Alpine Lake Public Utilities 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.