Brooke County Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.41 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.
About Brooke County Psd
Brooke County Psd serves about 240 people through 112 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Brooke County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3300523; phone on file: 304-737-4077. 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 2020 (0.53 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brooke County Psd is 1.1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.41 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.53 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.6 ppb |
How Brooke County Psd 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. Brooke County Psd's 0.41 ppb sits at the 26th percentile in West Virginia and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Brooke County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brooke County Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Weirton Area Water Board | 19,676 | 0.74 ppb |
| Follansbee Hooverson Heights | 4,970 | 1.5 ppb |
| Wellsburg, City Of | 4,019 | 0 (not detected) |
| Follansbee Municipal | 3,145 | 1.5 ppb |
| Washington Pike Psd | 2,967 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hammond Psd | 2,186 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beech Bottom Water Dept | 610 | 0.33 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wellsburg, 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 Brooke County Psd 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.