Berkeley Springs City Of, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.5 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Berkeley Springs City Of
Berkeley Springs City Of serves about 3,526 people through 1,492 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Morgan County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3303301; phone on file: 304-258-1102. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 2 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Berkeley Springs City Of is 3.5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.9 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 Springs City Of's 3.5 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in West Virginia and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Morgan County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Berkeley Springs City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Paw Paw Water Works | 524 | 3.1 ppb |
| Berkeley Sprgs Healthcare Center - Upper | 140 | 0.11 ppb |
| Berkeley Sprgs Healthcare Center - Lower | 140 | 0.55 ppb |
| Tri Lake Holdings, Inc. | 139 | 0.7 ppb |
| Morgan Village Mhp | 98 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres | 91 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berkeley Springs Mhc | 69 | 6.2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Berkeley Springs, 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 Berkeley Springs City 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.