Pocahontas County Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9 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.
About Pocahontas County Psd
Pocahontas County Psd serves about 504 people through 251 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 Pocahontas County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3303812; phone on file: 304-456-3127. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 4.2 ppb from 13.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pocahontas County Psd is 13.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 ppb |
| 2022 | 13.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.3 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. Pocahontas County Psd's 9 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in West Virginia and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Pocahontas County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pocahontas County Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Marlinton Town Of | 1,930 | 0.94 ppb |
| Pocahontas Co Psd - Cheat Mountain Water | 1,867 | 0.24 ppb |
| Cass Scenic Railroad | 555 | 0.53 ppb |
| Denmar Correctional Center | 297 | 0.48 ppb |
| Hillsboro Town Of | 239 | 0.6 ppb |
Next steps for Durbin, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Durbin, 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 Pocahontas 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.