Cameron Water, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.6 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.
Who runs the water here
Cameron Water serves about 962 people through 431 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 surface water, in Marshall County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302603; phone on file: 304-686-2366. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Cameron Water's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 3.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cameron Water is 7.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 7.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Cameron Water's 5.6 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in West Virginia and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Marshall County
8 other systems share Marshall County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cameron Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moundsville | 9,911 | 0.64 ppb |
| Marshall County Psd 4 | 4,063 | 3.1 ppb |
| Marshall County Psd 1 | 3,463 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marshall County Psd 3 | 2,694 | 0.62 ppb |
| Glen Dale Water Works | 2,495 | 1.3 ppb |
| Mcmechen Municipal Water | 2,212 | 1 ppb |
| Marshall County Psd 2 | 1,601 | 2 ppb |
| Benwood Water Department | 1,510 | 0.69 ppb |
Next steps for Cameron, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cameron, 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 Cameron Water whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 260000 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.