Community Water System · PWSID WV3301613

Hardy County Psd Baker

Serves 150 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentOld Fields, West Virginia
Nothing open that measures the water, but 1 open testing or paperwork violation.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 2013: 75 violations. 31 over the limit · 12 treatment lapses · 30 missed or late tests · 2 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-06-01.

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

31Over the limit
12Treatment lapse
30Missed or late test
2Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 84% 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

200520102013 · Over the limit: 22014 · Over the limit: 72014 · Over the limit: 72014 · Over the limit: 72014 · Missed or late test: 22015 · Over the limit: 82015 · Over the limit: 82015 · Over the limit: 82015 · Treatment lapse: 220152016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Treatment lapse: 32017 · Over the limit: 32017 · Treatment lapse: 42017 · Treatment lapse: 42018 · Over the limit: 22018 · Treatment lapse: 22019 · Over the limit: 12019 · Treatment lapse: 12019 · Notice or report: 12020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Missed or late test: 212020 · Missed or late test: 212020 · Missed or late test: 212020 · Missed or late test: 212020 · Missed or late test: 212020 · Missed or late test: 212020 · Missed or late test: 2120202022 · Missed or late test: 12023 · Missed or late test: 52023 · Missed or late test: 52023 · Notice or report: 12024 · Missed or late test: 12025
One square ≈ 3 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
41% over the limit · 3116% treatment lapse · 1240% missed or late test · 303% notice or report · 2

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

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)2020-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 81.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2020-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 92.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2020-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 98.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.2×)2020-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 106.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.3×)2019-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 100.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.2×)2018-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 112.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.4×)2018-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 111.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.4×)2017-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 112.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.4×)2017-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 119.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.5×)2017-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 98.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.2×)2016-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 65.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.1×)2016-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 90.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.5×)2016-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 85.70 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2016-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 80.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.3×)2015-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 88.80 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2015-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 98.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.6×)2015-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 76.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.3×)2015-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 108.70 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.4×)2015-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 95.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.2×)2015-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 82.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.4×)2015-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 76.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.3×)2015-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 88.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2014-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 90.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.5×)2014-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 106.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.3×)2014-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 105.80 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.8×)2014-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 86.50 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2014-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 82.60 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2014-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 94.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.6×)2014-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 93.20 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.6×)2013-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 180.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (3.0×)2013-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 124.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.6×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

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 12 results on file · action level 15 ppb

1.5 ppb
1.2 ppb
0.8 ppb
0.7 ppb
0.7 ppb
0.5 ppb
0.5 ppb
0.5 ppb
0.44 ppb
0.39 ppb
0.23 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2023-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-06-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2023-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  3. 2023-06-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2023-05-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2023-05-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2023-04-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2023-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2022-07-01Lead and Copper RuleWater Quality Parameter M/RPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2020-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 81.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2020-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 92.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2020-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 98.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2020-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2020-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2020-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2020-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2020-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2020-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2020-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2020-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2020-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2020-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2020-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2020-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2020-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2020-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
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  1. 2020-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2020-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  3. 2020-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  4. 2020-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  5. 2020-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2020-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2020-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2020-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 106.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2019-10-24Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  10. 2019-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 100.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2019-04-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.6600 RATIOBack in compliance
  12. 2018-04-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor RemovalBack in compliance
  13. 2018-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 112.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2018-01-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.7200 RATIOBack in compliance
  15. 2018-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 111.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2017-10-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.7200 RATIOBack in compliance
  17. 2017-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 112.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2017-07-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.7400 RATIOBack in compliance
  19. 2017-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 119.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2017-04-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.7200 RATIOBack in compliance
  21. 2017-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 98.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2017-01-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.8500 RATIOBack in compliance
  23. 2016-10-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.9200 RATIOBack in compliance
  24. 2016-07-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.9400 RATIOBack in compliance
  25. 2016-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 65.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  26. 2016-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 90.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  27. 2016-01-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.9300 RATIOBack in compliance
  28. 2016-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 85.70 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  29. 2016-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 80.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  30. 2015-12-01Lead and Copper RulePublic EducationBack in compliance
  31. 2015-10-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.9300 RATIOBack in compliance
  32. 2015-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 88.80 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  33. 2015-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 98.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  34. 2015-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 76.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  35. 2015-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 108.70 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  36. 2015-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 95.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  37. 2015-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 82.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  38. 2015-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 76.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  39. 2015-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 88.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  40. 2014-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 90.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  41. 2014-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 106.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  42. 2014-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  43. 2014-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 105.80 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  44. 2014-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 86.50 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  45. 2014-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 82.60 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  46. 2014-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 94.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  47. 2014-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 93.20 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  48. 2014-01-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  49. 2013-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 180.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  50. 2013-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 124.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served150
Service connections58
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityOld Fields
EPA ZIP on file26845

Areas served

  • Moorefield, Hardy County

Reading this record

Hardy County Psd Baker is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 150 people in Old Fields, 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.