War Water Works City Realty, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.9 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
War Water Works City Realty at a glance
War Water Works City Realty serves about 1,220 people through 540 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 Mcdowell County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302472; phone on file: 304-875-3111. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 4.7 ppb from 8.6 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for War Water Works City Realty is 8.6 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2024 | 8.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 7.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.4 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. War Water Works City Realty's 3.9 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in West Virginia and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Mcdowell County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than War Water Works City Realty. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Welch City Of | 2,907 | 1.17 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Bartley | 2,242 | 0.48 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Maybeury | 1,648 | 1.2 ppb |
| Gary City Of | 1,633 | 1.54 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Coalwood | 1,537 | 0.59 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Berwind | 692 | 0.4 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Kimball | 432 | 0.48 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd Havaco | 370 | 1.31 ppb |
| Mcdowell County Psd-Big Four | 363 | 0.43 ppb |
| Davy Municipal Water Works | 332 | 1.06 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; War, 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 War Water Works City Realty 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.