New Creek Water Association, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.7 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 New Creek Water Association
New Creek Water Association serves about 3,163 people through 1,398 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Mineral County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302920; phone on file: 304-788-5886. 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 2025 (3.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Creek Water Association is 3.9 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.67 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.3 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. New Creek Water Association's 3.7 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in West Virginia and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Mineral County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Creek Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Frankfort Psd | 6,747 | 0.98 ppb |
| Keyser City Of | 4,796 | 1.7 ppb |
| Frankfort Psd Wiley Ford | 1,062 | 1.3 ppb |
| Fountain Psd | 1,001 | 4.3 ppb |
| Carpendale, Town Of | 937 | 2.6 ppb |
| Piedmont Municipal Wtr Wks | 847 | 9.7 ppb |
| Fountain Psd Burlington | 793 | 1.5 ppb |
| Ridgeley, Town Of | 737 | 0.1 ppb |
| Knobley Water System | 132 | 6.3 ppb |
Next steps for New Creek, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Creek, 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 New Creek Water Association 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.