Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River, WV
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River serves about 69,372 people through 29,193 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Berkeley County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3300218; phone on file: 304-274-5803. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 3.3 ppb from 3.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River is 7 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 7 ppb |
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. Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in West Virginia and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Berkeley County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Martinsburg City Of | 16,250 | 2.55 ppb |
| Woods Home Owners Association 2 | 3,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Va Medical Center | 2,175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berkeley Co Pswd-Glenwood Forest | 1,102 | 2 ppb |
| Rocky Glen Manufactured Housing Communit | 861 | 0 (not detected) |
| G And E Mhp | 235 | 1 ppb |
| Wvaw - Valley Water And Sewer-Deerwood | 219 | 3 ppb |
| Springer Run Park Llc | 150 | 3 ppb |
| Chestnut Ridge Water System | 104 | 7.3 ppb |
| Judy Lynn Mhp | 53 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.