Is Wellsburg, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground 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

187

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-11-18
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-11-18
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-11-18
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-11-18
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-11-18
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-11-18
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-11-18
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-11-18
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-11-18
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-11-18

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	37.915 µg/L 2.9% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 85.5 µg/L	60/62	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	48.53 µg/L 324% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 165 µg/L	20/52	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2024
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	4.899 µg/L 7% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 7.59 µg/L	14/15	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate	1440 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2018
Tetrachloroethylene	5.07 µg/L 101% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 5 µg/L worst single sample: 5.64 µg/L	11/15	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	13.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.3 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	25.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27.8 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	5.866 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.11 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	5.858 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.03 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	26.72 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 29.4 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	66.7 µg/L 83% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 69.7 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	9.788 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 10.4 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	3.3525 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.71 µg/L	6/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	64.97 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 67.3 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	444.9 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 460 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroethylene	1.094 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 1.15 µg/L	3/15	SYR4	2013–2019
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	1.424 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 1.47 µg/L	2/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Chromium	2.74 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	1.1535 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.16 µg/L	2/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	878 µg/L 8.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 880 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2018–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	0.8640 pCi/L 5.8% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2013–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.05 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrite	220 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2018–2019

52 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-DAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidVinyl ChlorideXylenes, TotalO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: DUDLEY, DANIEL L
Phone: 304-737-2104
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Wellsburg, City of

Is Wellsburg, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 24 contaminants in Wellsburg, City of'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 Wellsburg, City of's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Lead, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Nitrate, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Wellsburg, City of serve?

Wellsburg, City of reports serving 4,019 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Wellsburg, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 187 violations on file for Wellsburg, City of, of which 35 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 30 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.