Northern Jackson County Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.5 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Northern Jackson County Psd at a glance
Northern Jackson County Psd serves about 2,506 people through 1,069 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 groundwater, in Jackson County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301814; phone on file: 304-273-9621. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.3 ppb from 3.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Northern Jackson County Psd is 6.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 6 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. Northern Jackson County Psd's 4.5 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in West Virginia and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jackson County
5 other systems share Jackson County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Northern Jackson County Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Jackson County P S D | 6,070 | 4.3 ppb |
| Ripley City Of | 5,420 | 1.5 ppb |
| Ravenswood Municipal Water Works | 5,047 | 1.8 ppb |
| Cottageville Psd | 3,230 | 9.3 ppb |
| Southern Jackson County Psd Route 33 | 170 | 0.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandyville, 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 Northern Jackson County Psd 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.