Pendleton Co Psd-Upper Tract, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 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.
Pendleton Co Psd-Upper Tract at a glance
Pendleton Co Psd-Upper Tract serves about 633 people through 313 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 Pendleton County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3303611. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pendleton Co Psd-Upper Tract is 1.7 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Pendleton Co Psd-Upper Tract compares
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. Pendleton Co Psd-Upper Tract's 1.7 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in West Virginia and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Pendleton County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pendleton Co Psd-Upper Tract. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin Municipality Of | 1,402 | 1.2 ppb |
| Pendleton Co Psd(Brandywine) | 692 | 1.3 ppb |
| Pendleton Co Psd-Us 220 North | 156 | 1 ppb |
| Pendleton County Psd Riverton | 130 | 0.42 ppb |
| Pendleton Co Psd-Circleville | 84 | 0.64 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Franklin, 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 Pendleton Co Psd-Upper Tract 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.