Raleigh County Psd Egeria, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.15 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.
Raleigh County Psd Egeria at a glance
Raleigh County Psd Egeria serves about 200 people through 89 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Mercer County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302857; phone on file: 304-683-4090. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Raleigh County Psd Egeria's lead record
That is down 11.95 ppb from 14.1 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Raleigh County Psd Egeria is 14.1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.15 ppb |
| 2023 | 14.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 0.61 ppb |
| 2019 | 9.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 9.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.07 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. Raleigh County Psd Egeria's 2.15 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in West Virginia and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Mercer County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Raleigh County Psd Egeria. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wvawc Bluefield District | 12,174 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bluewell Psd | 6,216 | 2.6 ppb |
| Athens Town Of | 5,633 | 4.33 ppb |
| Green Valley Glenwood Psd Glenwood | 4,914 | 4.62 ppb |
| Green Valley Glenwood Psd Bulltail | 2,130 | 7.24 ppb |
| Pinnacle Water Association | 85 | 1 ppb |
| Hiawatha Water | 63 | - |
Next steps for Sophia, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sophia, 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 Raleigh County Psd Egeria 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.