Davis Water Works, WV
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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
Davis Water Works serves about 952 people through 455 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 Tucker County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304701; phone on file: 304-866-4801. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 5.9 ppb from 8.4 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Davis Water Works is 29.2 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 8.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 29.2 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Davis Water Works's 2.5 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in West Virginia and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Tucker County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Davis Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hamrick Psd | 1,785 | 2 ppb |
| Parsons City Of | 1,461 | 0.57 ppb |
| Thomas City Of | 753 | 0.6 ppb |
| Timberline-Cv Psd | 577 | 0.34 ppb |
| North Lakes Subdivision | 25 | 2.4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Davis, 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 Davis Water Works 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.