Is Summersville Municipal Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-08-01 → 2015-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-08-01 → 2015-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-08-01 → 2015-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-08-01 → 2015-08-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2004-05-01 → 2004-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2004-05-01 → 2004-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2004-05-01 → 2004-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2004-05-01 → 2004-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2004-05-01 → 2004-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-03-01 → 2025-03-31

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
Bromodichloromethane	8.988 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.6 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	65.56 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 91.6 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	24.98 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 29.1 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	73.7 µg/L 92% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 101 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	52 µg/L 87% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 88.8 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	23.16 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 38.1 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	10.435 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21.6 µg/L	46/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	239 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 278 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2014–2017
Dibromochloromethane	1.66 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.96 µg/L	40/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.00049 mg/L 3.3% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2023
Nitrate	460 µg/L 4.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	4.66 µg/L 31% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 6.2 µg/L	12/40	SYR4	2014–2017
Barium	25.925 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 26.8 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	1163 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1170 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	9.316 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.88 µg/L	7/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	0.7450 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.7700 µg/L	3/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	0.0790 pCi/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	440 µg/L 4.4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2018

58 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, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SHAFER, ROBERT
Phone: 304-872-1211
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Summersville Municipal Water

Is Summersville Municipal Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 18 contaminants in Summersville Municipal 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 Summersville Municipal Water's water?

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

How many people does Summersville Municipal Water serve?

Summersville Municipal Water reports serving 5,574 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Summersville Municipal Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 65 violations on file for Summersville Municipal Water, of which 9 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.