Wayne Water Town Of, WV
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2027). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Wayne Water Town Of at a glance
Wayne Water Town Of serves about 5,519 people through 2,237 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 Wayne County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3305007; phone on file: 304-272-3231. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Wayne Water Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wayne Water Town Of is 2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.9 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. Wayne Water Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in West Virginia and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Wayne County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wayne Water Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kenova Municipal Water | 11,192 | 3.1 ppb |
| Lavalette Psd | 7,455 | 0.88 ppb |
| Crum Psd | 3,463 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Gay Water Works | 1,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ceredo Water Works | 1,472 | 0.8 ppb |
| Lavalette Psd - Eastern District | 1,220 | 1.1 ppb |
| Lavalette Psd-Route 52 North District | 1,179 | 0.42 ppb |
| Little Chippewa Estates | 153 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Wayne, WV
Look up your address in Wayne Water Town Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Wayne Water Town Of 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.