Craigsville Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Craigsville Psd at a glance
Craigsville Psd serves about 4,997 people through 2,047 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 Nicholas County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3303402; phone on file: 304-742-5280. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Craigsville Psd's lead record
That is up 1.1 ppb from 1.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Craigsville Psd is 2.9 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.1 ppb |
How Craigsville 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. Craigsville Psd's 2.7 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in West Virginia and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Nicholas County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Craigsville Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wilderness Psd | 6,106 | 0.65 ppb |
| Summersville Municipal Water | 5,574 | 0.49 ppb |
| Nettie Leivasy Psd | 3,630 | 2.9 ppb |
| Richwood Water Dept | 2,480 | 18.5 ppb |
| Birch River Psd | 1,369 | 0.58 ppb |
| Fenwick Mountain Psd | 554 | 0.51 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Craigsville, 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 Craigsville 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.