Martinsburg City Of, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.55 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 Martinsburg City Of
Martinsburg City Of serves about 16,250 people through 7,175 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Berkeley County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3300212; phone on file: 304-886-0515. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Martinsburg City Of's lead record
That is up 1.05 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Martinsburg City Of is 3.7 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.55 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.7 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. Martinsburg City Of's 2.55 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in West Virginia and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Berkeley County
10 other systems share Berkeley County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Martinsburg City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River | 69,372 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woods Home Owners Association 2 | 3,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Va Medical Center | 2,175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berkeley Co Pswd-Glenwood Forest | 1,102 | 2 ppb |
| Rocky Glen Manufactured Housing Communit | 861 | 0 (not detected) |
| G And E Mhp | 235 | 1 ppb |
| Wvaw - Valley Water And Sewer-Deerwood | 219 | 3 ppb |
| Springer Run Park Llc | 150 | 3 ppb |
| Chestnut Ridge Water System | 104 | 7.3 ppb |
| Judy Lynn Mhp | 53 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Martinsburg, 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 Martinsburg City Of 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.