Raleigh County Psd Odd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.26 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Odd at a glance
Raleigh County Psd Odd serves about 813 people through 326 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 Raleigh County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304150; phone on file: 304-683-4090. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (1.26 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Raleigh County Psd Odd is 2.59 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.26 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.26 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.59 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.42 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.59 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. Raleigh County Psd Odd's 1.26 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in West Virginia and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Raleigh County
12 other systems share Raleigh County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Raleigh County Psd Odd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Beckley Water Company | 47,386 | 0.63 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Arnett | 6,663 | 0.76 ppb |
| Raleigh County Mem Airport | 4,587 | 7.3 ppb |
| Cool Ridge Flat Top Psd | 4,190 | 9.8 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Coal City | 3,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wvawc Glade Springs District | 1,747 | 0 (not detected) |
| Raleigh County Psd Clear Creek | 1,407 | 0.78 ppb |
| Lester Municipal Water Works | 665 | 14.1 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork | 550 | 0.83 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Pluto Bragg | 383 | 4.2 ppb |
Your move
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 Odd 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.