Is Charles Town Utilities Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

125

health-based violations

680

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Archived	2026-01-01 → 2026-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-07-01 → 2020-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-07-01 → 2020-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-07-01 → 2020-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-07-01 → 2020-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-04-01 → 2020-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-04-01 → 2020-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-04-01 → 2020-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-04-01 → 2020-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2020-01-01 → 2020-03-31

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	527.4 µg/L 41% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1720 µg/L	395/473	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	18.825 µg/L 125% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 285 µg/L	226/473	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	11.765 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.5 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	54.7495 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 188 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	66.7145 µg/L 83% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 218 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	68.225 µg/L 114% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 106 µg/L	126/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	41.425 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 60.5 µg/L	126/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	31.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 38.3 µg/L	125/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	6.074 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.3 µg/L	57/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	13.48 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24.2 µg/L	48/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.386 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.9 µg/L	47/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.00060 mg/L 4% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	23/23	LCR	2025
Nitrate	1768.5 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1770 µg/L	22/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.525 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.54 µg/L	16/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	32 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	860 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 880 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	0.6270 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6300 µg/L	2/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	1.4 µg/L 1.4% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	1310 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2019
Nitrite	340 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	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-DAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SHULTZ, APRIL
Phone: 304-724-3255
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Charles Town Utilities

Is Charles Town Utilities tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 20 contaminants in Charles Town Utilities'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 Charles Town Utilities's water?

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

How many people does Charles Town Utilities serve?

Charles Town Utilities reports serving 15,220 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Charles Town Utilities had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 680 violations on file for Charles Town Utilities, of which 125 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 4 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.