Hardy County Psd 220 N, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.64 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.
Hardy County Psd 220 N at a glance
Hardy County Psd 220 N serves about 1,442 people through 676 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Hardy County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301608; phone on file: 304-530-3048. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Hardy County Psd 220 N's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.84 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hardy County Psd 220 N is 1.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.64 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.84 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.6 ppb |
How Hardy County Psd 220 N 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. Hardy County Psd 220 N's 0.64 ppb sits at the 40th percentile in West Virginia and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Hardy County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hardy County Psd 220 N. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moorefield Municipal Water | 2,328 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd 220 South | 1,463 | 1 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd-Route 55 | 908 | 0.74 ppb |
| Wardensville, Town Of | 788 | 2.2 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd-South Fork | 254 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd-Trout Run | 245 | 1.4 ppb |
| Caledonia Heights Subdivision | 200 | 0.9 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd Baker | 150 | 0.23 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd Marvin Chapel | 90 | 0.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Old Fields, 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 Hardy County Psd 220 N 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.