Is Follansbee Hooverson Heights Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Brooke

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

258

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-08-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-08-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-08-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-08-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-08-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-08-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-08-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-08-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-08-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-08-01

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	395.6 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1810 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	28.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32 µg/L	54/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	44.045 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 58.8 µg/L	54/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	14.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20.1 µg/L	54/54	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	80.965 µg/L 101% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 97.4 µg/L	54/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	71.52 µg/L 119% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 85.4 µg/L	53/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	23.845 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27.9 µg/L	52/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	2.825 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 5.8 µg/L	52/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	39.875 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 53.4 µg/L	52/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.8465 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.5 µg/L	50/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	3.368 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.07 µg/L	45/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.5975 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.12 µg/L	38/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0015 mg/L 10% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2024
Nitrate	870 µg/L 8.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	7.224 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.29 µg/L	12/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	41.285 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 41.6 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	774 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 900 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	4.2681 pCi/L 28% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 4.7 pCi/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	849 µg/L 8.5% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 860 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2018–2019
Antimony, Total	0.3000 µg/L 5% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.4460 pCi/L 8.9% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2014
Gross Beta Particle Activity	1.13 pCi/L No EPA limit set	1/1	SYR4	2014
Selenium	1.1 µg/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019

55 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,4,5-TP2,4-DArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: VELEGOL, JR., DAVID A.
Phone: 304-527-1330
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Follansbee Hooverson Heights

Is Follansbee Hooverson Heights tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Follansbee Hooverson Heights's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Follansbee Hooverson Heights's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Follansbee Hooverson Heights serve?

Follansbee Hooverson Heights reports serving 4,970 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Follansbee Hooverson Heights had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 258 violations on file for Follansbee Hooverson Heights, of which 16 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.