Paden City, City Of, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 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.
Paden City, City Of at a glance
Paden City, City Of serves about 3,291 people through 1,300 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 Wetzel County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3305204; phone on file: 304-337-8004. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Paden City, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paden City, City Of is 8.4 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 8.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Paden City, City Of's 1.6 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in West Virginia and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Wetzel County
5 other systems share Wetzel County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paden City, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Martinsville | 5,272 | 0.9 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) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Paden City, 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 Paden City, City Of 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. 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.