White Sulphur Springs Water, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.81 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About White Sulphur Springs Water
White Sulphur Springs Water serves about 3,845 people through 1,868 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 groundwater, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301314; phone on file: 304-536-1454. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for White Sulphur Springs Water is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.81 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.93 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 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. White Sulphur Springs Water's 0.81 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in West Virginia and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Greenbrier County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than White Sulphur Springs Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lewisburg | 12,065 | 3 ppb |
| Greenbrier Hotel Corporation | 3,280 | 0.87 ppb |
| Alderson Water | 2,458 | 1.09 ppb |
| Ronceverte Water | 2,091 | 0.68 ppb |
| Greenbrier County Psd 2 | 1,478 | 2.95 ppb |
| Rainelle Water Dept | 1,381 | 19.2 ppb |
| Rupert Water | 1,170 | 1.16 ppb |
| Rainelle Water Treatment Plant 2 | 290 | 0.2 ppb |
| Davis Stuart Inc | 100 | 7.1 ppb |
| Renick, Town Of | 79 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; White Sulphur Springs, 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 White Sulphur Springs Water 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.