Is Sistersville Municipal Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: GWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Tyler

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

879

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-09-26
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-09-26
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-09-26
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-11-24
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-11-24
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-11-24

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	152.3 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 256 µg/L	98/101	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	28.005 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 40.7 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	101.88 µg/L 127% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 120.5 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	43.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 79 µg/L	31/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	22.59 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32.4 µg/L	30/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	26.775 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 35.9 µg/L	30/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	51.98 µg/L 87% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 69.4 µg/L	30/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	27.87 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 33.5 µg/L	30/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	20.5 µg/L 137% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 42 µg/L	27/101	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0023 mg/L 15% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	26/26	LCR	2024
Dibromoacetic Acid	5.005 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7 µg/L	20/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1410 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	52.8 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 57 µg/L	7/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	4.48 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.6 µg/L	7/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	821 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 830 µg/L	7/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.51 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	4/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	735.5 µg/L 7.4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 740 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2013–2019
Atrazine	0.0470 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2019
Chromium	14 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	1.15 pCi/L 7.7% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	1 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Xylenes, Total	1.4 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019

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, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: RICE, JASON W.
Phone: 304-652-6361
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Sistersville Municipal Water

Is Sistersville Municipal Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Sistersville 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 Sistersville Municipal Water's water?

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

How many people does Sistersville Municipal Water serve?

Sistersville Municipal Water reports serving 1,892 people in West Virginia, per its EPA record.

Has Sistersville Municipal Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 879 violations on file for Sistersville Municipal Water, of which 40 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 17 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.