Wvaw - Gassaway, WV
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 - Gassaway serves about 2,159 people through 916 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Braxton County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3300406; phone on file: 304-347-1510. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Wvaw - Gassaway's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wvaw - Gassaway is 0 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Wvaw - Gassaway's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 11th percentile in West Virginia and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Braxton County
4 other systems share Braxton County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wvaw - Gassaway. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Flatwoods Canoe Run Psd | 4,344 | 2.9 ppb |
| Sugar Creek Psd | 3,241 | 0.19 ppb |
| Burnsville Public Utility | 1,126 | 1.1 ppb |
| Flatwoods Canoe Run Psd Purchaser | 334 | 0.11 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Wvaw - Gassaway'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 - Gassaway 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.