Walton Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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
Walton Psd serves about 2,208 people through 856 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 Roane County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3304407; phone on file: 304-577-6914. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.6 ppb from 3.2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Walton Psd is 10.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 10.1 ppb over 10 |
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. Walton Psd's 1.6 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in West Virginia and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Roane County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Walton Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Spencer Water Dept | 4,630 | 0.74 ppb |
| Clover Psd | 976 | 1.3 ppb |
| Reedy Water Service Town Of | 480 | 0.74 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Walton, 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 Walton 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.