Harrisville, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 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.
Who runs the water here
Harrisville serves about 2,347 people through 2,020 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 Ritchie County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304303; phone on file: 304-643-2719. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.3 ppb from 1.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Harrisville is 2.6 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.4 ppb |
How Harrisville 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. Harrisville's 2.6 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in West Virginia and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ritchie County
4 other systems share Ritchie County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Harrisville. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsboro | 1,532 | 1 ppb |
| Ellenboro Psd | 456 | 2.1 ppb |
| Cairo Water Department | 339 | 1 ppb |
| Hughes River Water | 1 | - |
Next steps for Harrisville, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Harrisville, 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 Harrisville 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.