Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres, WV
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres serves about 91 people through 38 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Morgan County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3303314; phone on file: 304-347-1510. 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 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres is 1.3 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.43 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.77 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.68 ppb |
How Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres 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. Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 1st percentile in West Virginia and the 8th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Morgan County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Springs City Of | 3,526 | 3.5 ppb |
| Paw Paw Water Works | 524 | 3.1 ppb |
| Berkeley Sprgs Healthcare Center - Upper | 140 | 0.11 ppb |
| Berkeley Sprgs Healthcare Center - Lower | 140 | 0.55 ppb |
| Tri Lake Holdings, Inc. | 139 | 0.7 ppb |
| Morgan Village Mhp | 98 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berkeley Springs Mhc | 69 | 6.2 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres'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 Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres 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.