Paw Paw Water Works, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.1 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.
Who runs the water here
Paw Paw Water Works serves about 524 people through 243 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 Morgan County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3303308; phone on file: 304-947-7476. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Paw Paw Water Works's lead record
That is up 1.2 ppb from 1.9 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paw Paw Water Works is 4.7 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.89 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Paw Paw Water Works's 3.1 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in West Virginia and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Morgan County
7 other systems share Morgan County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paw Paw Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Springs City Of | 3,526 | 3.5 ppb |
| Berkeley Sprgs Healthcare Center - Upper | 140 | 0.11 ppb |
| Berkeley Sprgs Healthcare Center - Lower | 140 | 0.55 ppb |
| Tri Lake Holdings, Inc. | 139 | 0.7 ppb |
| Morgan Village Mhp | 98 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres | 91 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berkeley Springs Mhc | 69 | 6.2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Paw Paw, 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 Paw Paw Water Works 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.