Ellenboro Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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.
Ellenboro Psd at a glance
Ellenboro Psd serves about 456 people through 235 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Ritchie County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304302. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ellenboro Psd is 3.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.4 ppb |
How Ellenboro 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. Ellenboro Psd's 2.1 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in West Virginia and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ritchie County
4 other systems share Ritchie County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Ellenboro Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Harrisville | 2,347 | 2.6 ppb |
| Pennsboro | 1,532 | 1 ppb |
| Cairo Water Department | 339 | 1 ppb |
| Hughes River Water | 1 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Harrisville, 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 Ellenboro 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.