Frankfort Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.98 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Frankfort Psd at a glance
Frankfort Psd serves about 6,747 people through 3,317 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 Mineral County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302928; phone on file: 304-738-9552. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Frankfort Psd is 1.7 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.98 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.97 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.93 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.89 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.93 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
Against other West Virginia systems
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. Frankfort Psd's 0.98 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in West Virginia and the 50th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Mineral County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Frankfort Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Keyser City Of | 4,796 | 1.7 ppb |
| New Creek Water Association | 3,163 | 3.7 ppb |
| Frankfort Psd Wiley Ford | 1,062 | 1.3 ppb |
| Fountain Psd | 1,001 | 4.3 ppb |
| Carpendale, Town Of | 937 | 2.6 ppb |
| Piedmont Municipal Wtr Wks | 847 | 9.7 ppb |
| Fountain Psd Burlington | 793 | 1.5 ppb |
| Ridgeley, Town Of | 737 | 0.1 ppb |
| Knobley Water System | 132 | 6.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Ashby, 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 Frankfort 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. 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.