Follansbee Hooverson Heights, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 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.
About Follansbee Hooverson Heights
Follansbee Hooverson Heights serves about 4,970 people through 2,138 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 Brooke County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3300512; phone on file: 304-527-1330. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0.94 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Follansbee Hooverson Heights is 2.5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.94 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.4 ppb |
How Follansbee Hooverson Heights 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. Follansbee Hooverson Heights's 1.5 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in West Virginia and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Brooke County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Follansbee Hooverson Heights. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Weirton Area Water Board | 19,676 | 0.74 ppb |
| Wellsburg, City Of | 4,019 | 0 (not detected) |
| Follansbee Municipal | 3,145 | 1.5 ppb |
| Washington Pike Psd | 2,967 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hammond Psd | 2,186 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beech Bottom Water Dept | 610 | 0.33 ppb |
| Brooke County Psd | 240 | 0.41 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Follansbee, 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 Follansbee Hooverson Heights 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.