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Moundsville

Serves Moundsville, Marshall County, WV · 9,911 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Moundsville in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.

  • WV3302611
  • MOUNDSVILLE
  • WV
  • 9,911 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 26041
EPA system ID WV3302611

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Moundsville draws water from 10 wells.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 329 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
 110 Aug 17, 2019 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
Bromate
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2018 Active
Bromate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlordane
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2014 Resolved

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for Moundsville go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 46 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 42
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 3
2020s 0 2

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Where the water comes from

Moundsville draws water from 10 wells. 2 other community water systems buy water from Moundsville.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Moundsville 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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

Testing your own water

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by West Virginia.

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