Tyler County Psd, WV
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.9 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Tyler County Psd serves about 3,195 people through 1,156 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 groundwater, in Tyler County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304801; phone on file: 304-652-1401. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (5.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tyler County Psd is 17.8 ppb across 19 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2024 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 6 ppb |
| 2022 | 6 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 17.8 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 7.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 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. Tyler County Psd's 4.9 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in West Virginia and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
3 other systems share Tyler County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Tyler County Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sistersville Municipal Water | 1,892 | 2.3 ppb |
| Middlebourne Water Works | 1,267 | 0.51 ppb |
| Bens Run Industrial Park Water System | 673 | 5.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Friendly, 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 Tyler County Psd 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.