Cool Ridge Flat Top Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9.8 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 Cool Ridge Flat Top Psd
Cool Ridge Flat Top Psd serves about 4,190 people through 1,855 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 Raleigh County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304139; phone on file: 304-763-4151. 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 8 ppb from 1.8 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cool Ridge Flat Top Psd is 9.8 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.3 ppb |
How Cool Ridge Flat Top 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. Cool Ridge Flat Top Psd's 9.8 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in West Virginia and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Raleigh County
12 other systems share Raleigh County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Cool Ridge Flat Top Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Beckley Water Company | 47,386 | 0.63 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Arnett | 6,663 | 0.76 ppb |
| Raleigh County Mem Airport | 4,587 | 7.3 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Coal City | 3,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wvawc Glade Springs District | 1,747 | 0 (not detected) |
| Raleigh County Psd Clear Creek | 1,407 | 0.78 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Odd | 813 | 1.26 ppb |
| Lester Municipal Water Works | 665 | 14.1 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork | 550 | 0.83 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Pluto Bragg | 383 | 4.2 ppb |
Next steps for Cool Ridge, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cool Ridge, 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 Cool Ridge Flat Top 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.