Fairmont City Of, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 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.
Fairmont City Of at a glance
Fairmont City Of serves about 30,586 people through 14,018 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Marion County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302502; phone on file: 304-366-0540. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.38 ppb from 0.92 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fairmont City Of is 4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.92 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How Fairmont 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. Fairmont City Of's 2.3 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in West Virginia and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
26 other systems share Marion County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fairmont City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Valley Falls Psd | 4,042 | 2.08 ppb |
| Monongah Town Of | 3,226 | 1.5 ppb |
| Little Creek Psd | 2,180 | 13.3 ppb |
| Monumental Psd | 1,965 | 0.4 ppb |
| Mannington City Of | 1,946 | 0.72 ppb |
| Tri-County Water Assoc - Fairmont | 1,880 | 1.5 ppb |
| Rivesville Town Of | 1,267 | 0.54 ppb |
| Paw Paw Route 19 Psd | 1,257 | 2.9 ppb |
| Bingamon Psd | 1,179 | 1.2 ppb |
| Ices Run Psd | 1,149 | 0.31 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fairmont, 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 Fairmont 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.