Romney Water Dept, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.5 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.
Who runs the water here
Romney Water Dept serves about 1,911 people through 913 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 Hampshire County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301405; phone on file: 304-822-3639. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Romney Water Dept's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Romney Water Dept is 3.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.8 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. Romney Water Dept's 3.5 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in West Virginia and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Hampshire County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Romney Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Central Hampshire Psd | 2,274 | 2.5 ppb |
| Central Hampshire Psd Green Spring | 1,046 | 1.3 ppb |
| Town Of Capon Bridge Inc | 700 | 5 ppb |
| Central Hampshire Psd - Rt 28 | 388 | 1.4 ppb |
| Chpsd-Purgittsville | 205 | - |
| Global Capital Of World Peace | 80 | 7.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Romney, 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 Romney Water Dept 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.