Mount Hope Water, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.51 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.
Who runs the water here
Mount Hope Water serves about 1,567 people through 674 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: WV3301024; phone on file: 304-860-1979. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Mount Hope Water's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.29 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mount Hope Water is 1.43 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.51 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.29 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.43 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.32 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.26 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. Mount Hope Water's 0.51 ppb sits at the 33rd percentile in West Virginia and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Fayette County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mount Hope Water. 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 |
| Kanawha Falls Psd | 2,547 | 0.93 ppb |
| Danese Psd | 2,294 | 1.12 ppb |
| Pax Water Company | 762 | 1.79 ppb |
| Meadow Bridge Town Of | 692 | 0.24 ppb |
| Bellwood Community Facil Imp | 87 | 0.87 ppb |
Next steps for Mt. Hope, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mt. Hope, 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 Mount Hope Water 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.