Is Elkins City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

125

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2000-09-01 → 2000-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2000-09-01 → 2000-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2000-09-01 → 2000-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31

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	7.985 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20.3 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	77.28 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 96.5 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	36.685 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 48.5 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	85.07 µg/L 106% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 116.6 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	62.6 µg/L 104% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 92.2 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	29.84 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 46.8 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	217.8 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 388 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	12.39 µg/L 83% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 79 µg/L	27/60	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.00045 mg/L 3% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	25/25	LCR	2025
Nitrate	740.5 µg/L 7.4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 760 µg/L	24/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.0225 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.9 µg/L	16/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	5.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9 µg/L	11/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	810 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 890 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	35.8 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 37 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.885 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.05 µg/L	7/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.5387 pCi/L 31% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.716 pCi/L	4/4	SYR4	2013–2018
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	0.3813 pCi/L 2.5% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 0.4110 pCi/L	4/5	SYR4	2013–2019
2,4-D	0.1879 µg/L 0.3% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1920 µg/L	2/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.8370 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L worst single sample: 0.8490 µg/L	2/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Atrazine	0.1110 µg/L 3.7% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Dalapon	1.4 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/10	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	0.9660 pCi/L No EPA limit set	1/1	SYR4	2018
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	0.0620 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	630 µg/L 6.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2019
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	0.7330 µg/L 147% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 0.5000 µg/L	1/16	SYR4	2013–2019

53 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-TPAntimony, TotalArsenicBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: MARCO, JERRY
Phone: 304-704-3616
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Elkins City of

Is Elkins City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 25 contaminants in Elkins 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 Elkins City of'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 Elkins City of serve?

Elkins City of reports serving 9,350 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Elkins City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 125 violations on file for Elkins City of, of which 3 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.