Mason Co Psd - Ashton, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Mason Co Psd - Ashton at a glance
Mason Co Psd - Ashton serves about 3,902 people through 1,576 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 groundwater, in Mason County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302717; phone on file: 304-675-8940. 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 down 1.7 ppb from 4.8 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mason Co Psd - Ashton is 4.8 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.6 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. Mason Co Psd - Ashton's 3.1 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in West Virginia and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Mason County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mason Co Psd - Ashton. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Point Pleasant Water Works | 5,146 | 1.7 ppb |
| Mason Co Psd-Lakin Dist | 4,296 | 4.5 ppb |
| Mason Co Psd-Letart | 3,303 | 4.5 ppb |
| Mason Co Psd-Crab Creek | 2,039 | 1.3 ppb |
| Mason Water Dept | 1,679 | 5.3 ppb |
| New Haven Water Dept | 1,649 | 1 ppb |
| Gallipolis Ferry | 1,061 | 12.9 ppb |
| Hartford Town Of | 675 | 1.2 ppb |
| Mason County Psd-Camp Conley | 497 | 2.1 ppb |
| Mason Co Psd-Foglesong Dist | 156 | 3.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Point Pleasant, 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 Mason Co Psd - Ashton 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.