Elkins City Of, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.45 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.
Elkins City Of at a glance
Elkins City Of serves about 9,350 people through 4,256 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 Randolph County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304203; phone on file: 304-704-3616. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Elkins City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0.45 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elkins City Of is 1.8 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.45 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.45 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Elkins City Of 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. Elkins City Of's 0.45 ppb sits at the 29th percentile in West Virginia and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Randolph County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elkins City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Huttonsville Psd | 4,758 | 1.1 ppb |
| Midland Psd | 3,802 | 0.56 ppb |
| Beverly Town Of | 2,268 | 0.36 ppb |
| Norton Harding Jimtown Psd | 1,632 | 3.8 ppb |
| Leadsville Psd | 1,536 | 1.4 ppb |
| Mill Creek Water Dept | 591 | 0.5 ppb |
| Harman Town Of | 456 | 0.94 ppb |
| Coalton Water System | 262 | 0.26 ppb |
| Whitmer Public Water System | 254 | 0.65 ppb |
| Huttonsville Town Of | 186 | 1.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Elkins, 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 Elkins City Of 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.