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Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility

Serves an area of Jefferson County, WV that includes Charles Town · 126 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 25 monitoring/reporting issues for Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Groundwater Rule violation.

  • WV3301904
  • CHARLESTON
  • WV
  • 126 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 25302
EPA system ID WV3301904

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
25

Key facts

  • Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility draws water from 3 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by West Virginia, November 2011.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 22 unknown out of 48 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Aug 28, 2020 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Nov 16, 2023 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 11, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 11, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2020 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Aug 1, 2019 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2017 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Aug 1, 2017 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 30, 2015 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 31, 2015 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 306 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 85
2000s 0 134
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 87
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 13
2020s 1 9

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began October 1995, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 10.6 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 1995 Resolved

Enforcement actions

West Virginia regulators and EPA took 7 formal enforcement actions against Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility and issued 2 boil water orders between 1994 and 2011. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2011.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 22, 2011 West Virginia Compliance order (no penalty) 40 violations: Antimony, Total, Thallium, Total, Selenium, Arsenic, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Jul 1, 2007 West Virginia Compliance order (no penalty) 8 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Public Notice, Lead and Copper Rule
Dec 11, 2006 West Virginia Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule
Feb 15, 2005 West Virginia Boil water order 1 violation
Jan 9, 2003 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Aug 19, 2002 West Virginia Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate
Apr 28, 2000 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Nov 16, 1995 West Virginia Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jul 5, 1994 West Virginia Boil water order 1 violation

What the violations mean

Groundwater Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Groundwater Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility draws water from 3 wells.

Annual water quality report

Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility for a copy.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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