Is Harrisville Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Ritchie

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

129

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30

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	327.6 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 414 µg/L	29/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromodichloromethane	23.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.6 µg/L	21/21	SYR4	2014–2019
Chloroform	113 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 120 µg/L	21/21	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.7 µg/L	21/21	SYR4	2014–2019
TTHM	141 µg/L 176% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 143 µg/L	21/21	SYR4	2014–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	21.78 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27.9 µg/L	19/20	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	65.98 µg/L 110% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 95.5 µg/L	19/20	SYR4	2014–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	49.78 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 84.7 µg/L	19/20	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	0.0026 mg/L 17% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2025
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.394 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.61 µg/L	10/20	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	3.31 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 3.8 µg/L	8/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Dibromoacetic Acid	0.6365 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6450 µg/L	3/20	SYR4	2014–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.566 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.77 µg/L	3/20	SYR4	2014–2019

1 contaminants tested, none detected

Bromoform

Utility contact

Contact: HAUGHT, ALAN
Phone: 304-643-2719
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Harrisville

Is Harrisville tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Harrisville'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 Harrisville's water?

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

How many people does Harrisville serve?

Harrisville reports serving 2,347 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Harrisville had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 129 violations on file for Harrisville, of which 44 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 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.