Raleigh County Psd-South Sand Branch, WV
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Raleigh County Psd-South Sand Branch
Raleigh County Psd-South Sand Branch serves about 60 people through 26 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws surface water, in Raleigh County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304153; 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
That is down 1.27 ppb from 1.27 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Raleigh County Psd-South Sand Branch is 1.27 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1.27 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-South Sand Branch's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 1st percentile in West Virginia and the 5th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Raleigh County
12 other systems share Raleigh County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Raleigh County Psd-South Sand Branch. 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 |
| Raleigh County Psd Odd | 813 | 1.26 ppb |
| Lester Municipal Water Works | 665 | 14.1 ppb |
| Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork | 550 | 0.83 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Raleigh County Psd-South Sand Branch's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. 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-South Sand Branch 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.