Valley Falls Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.08 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Valley Falls Psd serves about 4,042 people through 1,701 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Marion County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302523; phone on file: 304-363-0570. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Valley Falls Psd is 2.08 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.08 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.82 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.5 ppb |
Against other West Virginia systems
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. Valley Falls Psd's 2.08 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in West Virginia and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
26 other systems share Marion County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Valley Falls Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fairmont City Of | 30,586 | 2.3 ppb |
| Monongah Town Of | 3,226 | 1.5 ppb |
| Little Creek Psd | 2,180 | 13.3 ppb |
| Monumental Psd | 1,965 | 0.4 ppb |
| Mannington City Of | 1,946 | 0.72 ppb |
| Tri-County Water Assoc - Fairmont | 1,880 | 1.5 ppb |
| Rivesville Town Of | 1,267 | 0.54 ppb |
| Paw Paw Route 19 Psd | 1,257 | 2.9 ppb |
| Bingamon Psd | 1,179 | 1.2 ppb |
| Ices Run Psd | 1,149 | 0.31 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fairmont, 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 Valley Falls 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.