Hardy County Psd Marvin Chapel, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
Who runs the water here
Hardy County Psd Marvin Chapel serves about 90 people through 40 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 groundwater, in Hardy County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301612; phone on file: 304-530-3048. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hardy County Psd Marvin Chapel is 1.3 ppb across 14 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.41 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.52 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.51 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.7 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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 Marvin Chapel's 0.8 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in West Virginia and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hardy County
9 other systems share Hardy County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hardy County Psd Marvin Chapel. 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 Baker | 150 | 0.23 ppb |
What to do in your house
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 Marvin Chapel whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1995 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.