Kanawha Falls Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.93 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.
About Kanawha Falls Psd
Kanawha Falls Psd serves about 2,547 people through 1,197 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 Fayette County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301037; phone on file: 304-993-1914. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Kanawha Falls Psd's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0.93 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kanawha Falls Psd is 2.2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.93 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.93 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.48 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.48 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.2 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. Kanawha Falls Psd's 0.93 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in West Virginia and the 50th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Fayette County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kanawha Falls Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wvawc New River Regional Wtr Trtmt Plt | 25,603 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gauley River Psd | 3,944 | 0.65 ppb |
| Danese Psd | 2,294 | 1.12 ppb |
| Mount Hope Water | 1,567 | 0.51 ppb |
| Pax Water Company | 762 | 1.79 ppb |
| Meadow Bridge Town Of | 692 | 0.24 ppb |
| Bellwood Community Facil Imp | 87 | 0.87 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gauley Bridge, 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 Kanawha Falls 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.