Welch City Of, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.17 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Welch City Of
Welch City Of serves about 2,907 people through 1,009 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: WV3302421; phone on file: 304-436-3113. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Welch City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Welch City Of is 2.6 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.17 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.6 ppb |
How Welch City Of compares
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. Welch City Of's 1.17 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in West Virginia and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Mcdowell County
19 other systems share Mcdowell County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Welch City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| War Water Works City Realty | 1,220 | 3.9 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 |
Next steps for Welch, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Welch, 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 Welch City 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. 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.