New Martinsville, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 Martinsville
New Martinsville serves about 5,272 people through 2,273 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 Wetzel County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3305203; phone on file: 304-455-9110. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
New Martinsville's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Martinsville is 3.4 ppb across 28 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.62 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.88 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.57 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.81 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.62 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.1 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 Martinsville's 0.9 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in West Virginia and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Wetzel County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Martinsville. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Paden City, City Of | 3,291 | 1.6 ppb |
| Grandview - Doolin Psd | 1,942 | 5.6 ppb |
| Wetzel Co Psd 1 | 1,378 | 1.9 ppb |
| Hundred Littleton Psd | 638 | 4.6 ppb |
| Pine Grove Water | 620 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for New Martinsville, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Martinsville, 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 Martinsville whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1430 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.