Is Beckley Water Company Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Raleigh

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	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-01-01 → 2007-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-01-01 → 2007-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-01-01 → 2007-03-31

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
Chloroform	45.04 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 56 µg/L	153/153	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	54.12 µg/L 68% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 66 µg/L	153/153	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	59.12 µg/L 99% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 76.2 µg/L	153/153	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	24.86 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 35.5 µg/L	152/153	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	24.85 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 29.8 µg/L	151/152	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	8.233 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.2 µg/L	150/153	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	535.75 µg/L 41% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 754 µg/L	122/122	SYR4	2012–2017
Lead	3.07 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 646 µg/L	104/122	SYR4	2012–2017
Monochloroacetic Acid	20.57 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24.8 µg/L	79/152	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	4.62 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.2 µg/L	65/153	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	16.774 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23 µg/L	25/153	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	395 µg/L 4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 400 µg/L	22/36	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.005 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	20/153	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.00063 mg/L 4.2% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2023
Fluoride	872 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 920 µg/L	17/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	85.72 µg/L 4.3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 124 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.94 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2 µg/L	7/153	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	0.7089 pCi/L 4.7% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 0.7950 pCi/L	4/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Cyanide	11 µg/L 5.5% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	2/13	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	299 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 300 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2019
Atrazine	0.1000 µg/L 3.3% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/13	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrite	250 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	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-DAntimony, TotalArsenicBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(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: STANLEY, MATTHEW W.
Phone: 304-255-5121
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Beckley Water Company

Is Beckley Water Company tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Beckley Water Company'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 Beckley Water Company's water?

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

How many people does Beckley Water Company serve?

Beckley Water Company reports serving 47,386 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Beckley Water Company had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 46 violations on file for Beckley Water Company, of which 32 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.