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Parkersburg Utility Board

Serves Parkersburg, Wood County, WV · 34,251 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Parkersburg Utility Board in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Groundwater Rule violation.

  • WV3305407
  • PALESTINE
  • WV
  • 34,251 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater under direct influence
ZIP 26160
EPA system ID WV3305407

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Parkersburg Utility Board draws water from 5 wells.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 36 lead and 13,189 unknown out of 16,216 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 Oct 29, 2023 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Oct 29, 2023 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, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Active
Simazine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Parkersburg Utility Board go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 2 4

What the violations mean

Groundwater Rule

2 incidents

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 each of these violations.

Where the water comes from

Parkersburg Utility Board draws water from 5 wells.

Annual water quality report

Parkersburg Utility Board 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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