Mcdowell County Psd Bishop, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.07 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Mcdowell County Psd Bishop
Mcdowell County Psd Bishop serves about 50 people through 22 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Mcdowell County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302475; phone on file: 304-297-2622. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0.06 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mcdowell County Psd Bishop is 0.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.07 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.06 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.3 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. Mcdowell County Psd Bishop's 0.07 ppb sits at the 18th percentile in West Virginia and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Mcdowell County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mcdowell County Psd Bishop. 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 |
| Mcdowell County Psd-Big Four | 363 | 0.43 ppb |
Next steps for Welch, WV
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 Bishop 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.