Wardensville, Town Of, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About Wardensville, Town Of
Wardensville, Town Of serves about 788 people through 376 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 Hardy County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301603; phone on file: 304-813-8545. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Wardensville, Town Of's lead record
That is up 1.46 ppb from 0.74 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wardensville, Town Of is 2.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.74 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 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. Wardensville, Town Of's 2.2 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in West Virginia and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Hardy County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wardensville, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moorefield Municipal Water | 2,328 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd 220 South | 1,463 | 1 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd 220 N | 1,442 | 0.64 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd-Route 55 | 908 | 0.74 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd-South Fork | 254 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd-Trout Run | 245 | 1.4 ppb |
| Caledonia Heights Subdivision | 200 | 0.9 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd Baker | 150 | 0.23 ppb |
| Hardy County Psd Marvin Chapel | 90 | 0.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wardensville, 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 Wardensville, Town Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2230 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.