PFAS in West Virginia tap water

21 of 103 tested systems measured above the federal limit. 34 had a detection of any kind.

Every public water system below was required by the EPA to test for 29 PFAS compounds. Sorted by the highest PFOA or PFOS reading, worst first. Find yours for the full set of readings and what removes them.

Water system	Highest PFOA	Highest PFOS	Found	Against the 4 ppt limit
Lubeck Psd	179.5 ppt	none detected	5 of 29	Above
New Martinsville	8.8 ppt	121.8 ppt	7 of 29	Above
Parkersburg Utility Board	46.5 ppt	none detected	2 of 29	Above
Williamstown Water Dept	32 ppt	none detected	7 of 29	Above
Walnut Grove Utilities	4.2 ppt	17.3 ppt	7 of 29	Above
Mineral Wells Psd	13.2 ppt	none detected	2 of 29	Above
Mountaineer Park Inc	12.2 ppt	none detected	4 of 29	Above
Pennsboro	11.7 ppt	none detected	3 of 29	Above
Claywood Park Psd	11.1 ppt	none detected	2 of 29	Above
Pleasants Co Psd	11 ppt	none detected	2 of 29	Above
Weirton Area Water Board	4.1 ppt	8.2 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Union Williams P S D	5.8 ppt	none detected	1 of 29	Above
Southern Jackson County P S D	5.3 ppt	none detected	1 of 29	Above
Ripley City of	5.1 ppt	none detected	1 of 29	Above
Bridgeport City of	5 ppt	none detected	1 of 29	Above
Greater Harrison Psd Lost Creek Mt Clare	4.8 ppt	none detected	1 of 29	Above
Ravenswood Municipal Water Works	4.8 ppt	none detected	5 of 29	Above
Wellsburg, City of	4.6 ppt	none detected	5 of 29	Above
Shortline Psd	4.5 ppt	none detected	1 of 29	Above
Lavalette Psd	4.4 ppt	none detected	3 of 29	Above
Washington Pike Psd	4.1 ppt	none detected	4 of 29	Above
Adrian P S D	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Alderson Water	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Arthurdale Water Assoc.	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Athens Town of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Beckley Water Company	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Berkeley Co P S W D-bunker Hill	none detected	none detected	4 of 29	Within
Berkeley County Pswd-potomac River	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Berkeley Springs City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bluewell Psd	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Buckhannon Water Board	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Buffalo Creek Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Charles Town Utilities	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cheat View Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Clarksburg Water Board	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Clay Battelle Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Clinton Water Assoc - Route 119	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cool Ridge Flat Top Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Corporation of Shepherdstown	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Cowen Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Craigsville Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Eastern Wyoming Psd Stephenson WTP	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Elkins City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Elkins Road Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Fairmont City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Fbi Center Clarksburg	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Flatwoods Canoe Run Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Follansbee Hooverson Heights	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Frankfort Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Frankfort Psd Wiley Ford	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Gauley River Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Gilmer County Psd - Normantown Stumptown	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Grafton City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Grant Co Psd-northfork-maysville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Green Valley Glenwood Psd Glenwood	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hurricane City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Huttonsville Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Junior Town of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Kenova Municipal Water	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Keyser City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Kingwood Water Board	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lewisburg	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lincoln Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Logan Co Psd-greenville System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Logan County Psd - Northern Regional	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Logan Water Board City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mannington Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Marshall County Psd 1	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Marshall County Psd 4	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Martinsburg City of	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Mason Co Psd-crab Creek	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mason Co Psd-lakin Dist	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Midland Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Milton Water	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mingo County Psd - Naugatuck	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Morgantown Utility Board	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Moundsville	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Ohio County Psd	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Point Pleasant Water Works	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Preston County Psd 1	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Preston County Psd 4	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Putnam P S D	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Raleigh County Mem Airport	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Raleigh County Psd Arnett	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Red Sulphur Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Shinnston City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Southwestern Water District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Spencer Water Dept	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
St Albans Water	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sugar Creek Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Summersville Municipal Water	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Valley Falls Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Vienna, Wv	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Wayne Water Town of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wheeling Water	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
White Sulphur Springs Water	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wilderness Psd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wvaw - Weston	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wvawc - Huntington Dist	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wvawc Bluefield District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wvawc Bluestone Plant	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wvawc New River Regional Wtr Trtmt Plt	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wvawc-kanawha Valley Dist	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within

All 103 systems the EPA tested in West Virginia, every one of them with its own page. Each was tested for 29 PFAS compounds.

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Source, the EPA’s fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, final dataset published 2026-10-15. Original data →