Community Water System · PWSID WV3305103

Cowen Psd

Serves 3,098 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentCowen, West Virginia
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On record since 1979: 127 violations. 3 treatment lapses · 108 missed or late tests · 16 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-10-01.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

0Over the limit
3Treatment lapse
108Missed or late test
16Notice or report

More violations on record than 93% of active water systems in West Virginia. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

1979 · Missed or late test: 21980 · Missed or late test: 11980198519901995200020052006 · Notice or report: 1201020152016 · Missed or late test: 22017 · Treatment lapse: 12017 · Notice or report: 12018 · Missed or late test: 22019 · Missed or late test: 142019 · Missed or late test: 142019 · Missed or late test: 142020 · Missed or late test: 112020 · Missed or late test: 112020 · Missed or late test: 1120202021 · Missed or late test: 432021 · Missed or late test: 432021 · Missed or late test: 432021 · Missed or late test: 432021 · Missed or late test: 432021 · Missed or late test: 432021 · Missed or late test: 432021 · Missed or late test: 432021 · Missed or late test: 432021 · Notice or report: 62021 · Notice or report: 62022 · Treatment lapse: 12022 · Missed or late test: 322022 · Missed or late test: 322022 · Missed or late test: 322022 · Missed or late test: 322022 · Missed or late test: 322022 · Missed or late test: 322022 · Missed or late test: 322022 · Notice or report: 12023 · Treatment lapse: 12023 · Missed or late test: 12023 · Notice or report: 62023 · Notice or report: 62024 · Notice or report: 12025
One square ≈ 5 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
2% treatment lapse · 385% missed or late test · 10813% notice or report · 16

Across West Virginia, 68% of violations are missed or late tests and 1% are water over a limit.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 6 results on file · action level 15 ppb

6.9 ppb
1.6 ppb
1.5 ppb
1.1 ppb
0.76 ppb
0.6 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  2. 2023-03-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  3. 2023-02-16Public Notice ×4PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  4. 2023-02-15Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2023-01-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  6. 2022-10-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2022-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2022-07-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2022-01-01ChromiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2022-01-01NickelMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2022-01-01BariumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2022-01-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2022-01-01Beryllium, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2022-01-01CadmiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2022-01-01Thallium, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2022-01-01Antimony, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2022-01-01SeleniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2022-01-01MercuryMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2022-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2022-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2022-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2022-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2022-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2022-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2022-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
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  1. 2022-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2022-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  3. 2022-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  4. 2022-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  5. 2022-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2022-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2022-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2022-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  9. 2022-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2022-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2022-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2022-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2022-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2022-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2021-10-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  16. 2021-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  17. 2021-09-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  18. 2021-09-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  19. 2021-08-15Public Notice ×4PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  20. 2021-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  21. 2021-03-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  22. 2021-03-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  23. 2021-02-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2021-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2021-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  26. 2021-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  27. 2021-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  28. 2021-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  29. 2021-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  30. 2021-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  31. 2021-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  32. 2021-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  33. 2021-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  34. 2021-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  35. 2021-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  36. 2021-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  37. 2021-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  38. 2021-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  39. 2021-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  40. 2021-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  41. 2021-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  42. 2021-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  43. 2021-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  44. 2021-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  45. 2021-01-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  46. 2021-01-01SeleniumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  47. 2021-01-01Thallium, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  48. 2021-01-01Beryllium, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  49. 2021-01-01Antimony, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  50. 2021-01-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  51. 2021-01-01NickelMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  52. 2021-01-01MercuryMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  53. 2021-01-01FluorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  54. 2021-01-01CyanideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  55. 2021-01-01ChromiumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  56. 2021-01-01CadmiumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  57. 2021-01-01BariumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  58. 2021-01-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  59. 2021-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  60. 2021-01-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  61. 2020-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  62. 2020-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  63. 2020-07-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  64. 2020-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  65. 2020-07-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  66. 2020-06-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  67. 2020-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  68. 2020-04-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  69. 2020-04-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  70. 2020-02-29Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  71. 2020-02-29Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  72. 2019-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  73. 2019-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  74. 2019-11-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  75. 2019-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  76. 2019-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  77. 2019-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  78. 2019-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  79. 2019-10-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  80. 2019-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  81. 2019-06-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  82. 2019-06-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  83. 2019-04-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  84. 2019-03-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  85. 2019-03-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  86. 2018-08-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  87. 2018-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  88. 2017-11-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  89. 2017-10-02Surface water treatment (LT2)Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  90. 2016-05-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  91. 2016-04-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  92. 2006-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  93. 1980-12-01Coliform (Pre-TCR)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  94. 1979-11-30Coliform (Pre-TCR)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  95. 1979-10-31Coliform (Pre-TCR)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance

System details

Population served3,098
Service connections1,427
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityCowen
EPA ZIP on file26206

Areas served

  • Cowen, Webster County

Reading this record

Cowen Psd is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 3,098 people in Cowen, West Virginia. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.