Is Weirton Area Water Board 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

251

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Archived	2026-01-01 → 2026-01-31
TT	Health-based	Archived	2026-01-01 → 2026-01-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-02
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-02
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-02
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-02
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30

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	489.95 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 835 µg/L	210/210	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	4.15 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 63.6 µg/L	151/210	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	29.63 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 41 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	14.895 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 29.4 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	17.83 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21.4 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	44.82 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 65.9 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	9.4965 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16.6 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	107 µg/L 134% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 136 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	36.4 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 54.5 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	23.81 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.8 µg/L	127/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	6.28 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.5 µg/L	113/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	7.805 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.8 µg/L	78/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	14.06 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16.6 µg/L	37/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.00074 mg/L 4.9% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2024
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	9.925 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 10 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroethylene	2.941 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 5.09 µg/L	15/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	770 µg/L 7.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	46.54 µg/L 2.3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 47.1 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	966.5 µg/L 24% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 970 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	0.4860 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 0.5000 µg/L	5/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Vinyl Chloride	0.5255 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L worst single sample: 0.5300 µg/L	4/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	1.773 pCi/L 12% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.81 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2013–2019
Antimony, Total	0.4000 µg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	870 µg/L 8.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2016
Selenium	2.4 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019

51 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,2-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)ToxapheneXylenes, TotalO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SHOCKLEY, JAMES

Frequently asked questions about Weirton Area Water Board

Is Weirton Area Water Board tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 25 contaminants in Weirton Area Water Board'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 Weirton Area Water Board's water?

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

How many people does Weirton Area Water Board serve?

Weirton Area Water Board reports serving 18,633 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Weirton Area Water Board had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 251 violations on file for Weirton Area Water Board, of which 89 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.