West Milford Water Works, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.51 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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 West Milford Water Works
West Milford Water Works serves about 645 people through 270 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 Harrison County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301728; phone on file: 304-745-3131. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
West Milford Water Works's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0.95 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Milford Water Works is 6.3 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.51 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.95 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.96 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.9 ppb |
How West Milford Water Works 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. West Milford Water Works's 0.51 ppb sits at the 33rd percentile in West Virginia and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Harrison County
19 other systems share Harrison County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Milford Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clarksburg Water Board | 19,072 | 1.3 ppb |
| Bridgeport City Of | 11,158 | 0.27 ppb |
| Shinnston City Of | 4,959 | 1.17 ppb |
| Greater Harrison Psd Lost Creek Mt Clare | 3,536 | 0.26 ppb |
| Sun Valley Psd | 2,905 | 0.75 ppb |
| Greater Harrison Psd Valley Of Good Hope | 2,744 | 0.46 ppb |
| Shortline Psd | 2,727 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greater Harrison Psd - Quiet Dell | 2,328 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stonewood City Of | 2,236 | 1.6 ppb |
| Enlarged Hepzibah Psd | 1,937 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; West Milford, 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 West Milford Water Works 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.