Is St Albans Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

303

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-06-01 → 1995-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-06-01 → 1995-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-06-01 → 1995-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-06-01 → 1995-06-30
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-11-27
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-11-27
MR	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-10-01

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
Bromodichloromethane	28.76 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32.3 µg/L	139/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	38.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 45.83 µg/L	139/139	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	86.932 µg/L 109% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 94.61 µg/L	139/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	49.101 µg/L 82% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 59.72 µg/L	139/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	18.276 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23.4 µg/L	139/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	21.154 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 28.91 µg/L	138/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	10.6625 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.58 µg/L	136/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	23.025 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 28.96 µg/L	131/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	280.5 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 814 µg/L	91/92	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	5.1525 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.06 µg/L	86/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	12.98 µg/L 87% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 45.4 µg/L	53/92	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	6.994 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.32 µg/L	35/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0013 mg/L 8.7% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2022
Nitrate	1080 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	1010 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1080 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	63.6 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 65 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	1273.5 µg/L 32% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1480 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	2.385 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2.4 µg/L	4/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Antimony, Total	0.3000 µg/L 5% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	1.575 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 1.6 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	0.4918 pCi/L 3.3% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 0.5000 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2013–2019
Endrin	0.0100 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2013–2019

54 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 TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonochloroacetic AcidNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: JAMES, SCOTT
Phone: 304-727-2971

Frequently asked questions about St Albans Water

Is St Albans Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in St Albans Water'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 St Albans Water's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Trichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does St Albans Water serve?

St Albans Water reports serving 13,758 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has St Albans Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 303 violations on file for St Albans Water, of which 7 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.