Huttonsville Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Huttonsville Psd serves about 4,758 people through 1,539 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 Randolph County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304211. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Huttonsville Psd's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Huttonsville Psd is 1.8 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.46 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.86 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.67 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. Huttonsville Psd's 1.1 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in West Virginia and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Randolph County
10 other systems share Randolph County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Huttonsville Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Elkins City Of | 9,350 | 0.45 ppb |
| Midland Psd | 3,802 | 0.56 ppb |
| Beverly Town Of | 2,268 | 0.36 ppb |
| Norton Harding Jimtown Psd | 1,632 | 3.8 ppb |
| Leadsville Psd | 1,536 | 1.4 ppb |
| Mill Creek Water Dept | 591 | 0.5 ppb |
| Harman Town Of | 456 | 0.94 ppb |
| Coalton Water System | 262 | 0.26 ppb |
| Whitmer Public Water System | 254 | 0.65 ppb |
| Huttonsville Town Of | 186 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Mill Creek, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mill Creek, 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 Huttonsville 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.