Ronceverte Water, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.68 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Ronceverte Water at a glance
Ronceverte Water serves about 2,091 people through 987 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 Greenbrier County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301310; phone on file: 304-647-5455. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ronceverte Water's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.53 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ronceverte Water is 3.56 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.68 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.53 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.98 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.34 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.56 ppb |
How Ronceverte Water compares
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. Ronceverte Water's 0.68 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in West Virginia and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Greenbrier County
10 other systems share Greenbrier County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ronceverte Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lewisburg | 12,065 | 3 ppb |
| White Sulphur Springs Water | 3,845 | 0.81 ppb |
| Greenbrier Hotel Corporation | 3,280 | 0.87 ppb |
| Alderson Water | 2,458 | 1.09 ppb |
| Greenbrier County Psd 2 | 1,478 | 2.95 ppb |
| Rainelle Water Dept | 1,381 | 19.2 ppb |
| Rupert Water | 1,170 | 1.16 ppb |
| Rainelle Water Treatment Plant 2 | 290 | 0.2 ppb |
| Davis Stuart Inc | 100 | 7.1 ppb |
| Renick, Town Of | 79 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ronceverte, 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 Ronceverte Water 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.