Mcdowell County Psd-Big Four, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.43 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.
Mcdowell County Psd-Big Four at a glance
Mcdowell County Psd-Big Four serves about 363 people through 145 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Mcdowell County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302471; phone on file: 304-297-2622. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mcdowell County Psd-Big Four is 9.3 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.43 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.59 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 9.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.5 ppb |
How Mcdowell County Psd-Big Four 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. Mcdowell County Psd-Big Four's 0.43 ppb sits at the 28th percentile in West Virginia and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Mcdowell County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mcdowell County Psd-Big Four. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Welch City Of | 2,907 | 1.17 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Bartley | 2,242 | 0.48 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Maybeury | 1,648 | 1.2 ppb |
| Gary City Of | 1,633 | 1.54 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Coalwood | 1,537 | 0.59 ppb |
| War Water Works City Realty | 1,220 | 3.9 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Berwind | 692 | 0.4 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Kimball | 432 | 0.48 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Havaco | 370 | 1.31 ppb |
| Davy Municipal Water Works | 332 | 1.06 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Welch, 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 Mcdowell County Psd-Big Four 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.