Hardy County Psd Baker, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.23 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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 Baker at a glance
Hardy County Psd Baker serves about 150 people through 58 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 Hardy County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301613; phone on file: 304-530-3048. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Hardy County Psd Baker's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hardy County Psd Baker is 1.5 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.23 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.44 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.39 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0.7 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. Hardy County Psd Baker's 0.23 ppb sits at the 20th percentile in West Virginia and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Hardy County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hardy County Psd Baker. 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 220 N | 1,442 | 0.64 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 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 Baker 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.