Beckley Water Company, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.63 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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
Beckley Water Company serves about 47,386 people through 22,514 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Raleigh County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304104; phone on file: 304-347-2277. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Beckley Water Company's lead record
That is down 1.49 ppb from 2.12 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Beckley Water Company is 2.12 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.63 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.12 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.6 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. Beckley Water Company's 0.63 ppb sits at the 39th percentile in West Virginia and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Raleigh County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Beckley Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Raleigh County Psd Arnett | 6,663 | 0.76 ppb |
| Raleigh County Mem Airport | 4,587 | 7.3 ppb |
| Cool Ridge Flat Top Psd | 4,190 | 9.8 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Coal City | 3,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wvawc Glade Springs District | 1,747 | 0 (not detected) |
| Raleigh County Psd Clear Creek | 1,407 | 0.78 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Odd | 813 | 1.26 ppb |
| Lester Municipal Water Works | 665 | 14.1 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork | 550 | 0.83 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Pluto Bragg | 383 | 4.2 ppb |
Next steps for Sandyville, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandyville, 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 Beckley Water Company 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.