Is Spencer Water Dept Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	2014-08-01 → 2014-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-08-01 → 2014-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-08-01 → 2014-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-08-01 → 2014-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2005-07-01 → 2005-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2005-07-01 → 2005-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2005-07-01 → 2005-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2005-07-01 → 2005-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2005-04-01 → 2005-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2005-04-01 → 2005-06-30

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
Bromodichloromethane	5.846 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.37 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	66.94 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 73.1 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	72.008 µg/L 90% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 82.9 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	64.08 µg/L 107% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 78.6 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	37.12 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 46.4 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	27.625 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.2 µg/L	56/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	368.1 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 807 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2014–2017
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.206 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.4 µg/L	40/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	4.59 µg/L 31% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 9 µg/L	34/40	SYR4	2014–2017
Dibromochloromethane	0.6700 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.89 µg/L	25/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.00074 mg/L 4.9% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	17/17	LCR	2023
Nitrate	120 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	21.37 µg/L 1.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 22 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	981.5 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1020 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	13.806 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.9 µg/L	7/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	0.0340 pCi/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	120 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2019

59 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) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: WILLIAMS, TERRY A.
Phone: 304-927-1640
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Spencer Water Dept

Is Spencer Water Dept tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 17 contaminants in Spencer Water Dept'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 Spencer Water Dept'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 Spencer Water Dept serve?

Spencer Water Dept reports serving 4,630 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Spencer Water Dept had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 89 violations on file for Spencer Water Dept, of which 20 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.