Clay-Roane Psd (Procious District), WV
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Clay-Roane Psd (Procious District) serves about 2,199 people through 869 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 Clay County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3300806; phone on file: 304-548-5209. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clay-Roane Psd (Procious District) is 15.1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 15.1 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 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. Clay-Roane Psd (Procious District)'s 0.2 ppb sits at the 20th percentile in West Virginia and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Clay County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clay-Roane Psd (Procious District). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clay Water Dept | 1,232 | 2.6 ppb |
| Clay Co Psd-Hartland | 1,043 | 0.26 ppb |
| Clay Co P S D - Ivydale | 729 | 1.4 ppb |
| Clay Co P S D-Triplett Ridge | 92 | 0.32 ppb |
Next steps for Procious, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Procious, 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 Clay-Roane Psd (Procious District) 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.