Community Water System · PWSID WV3304120

Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork

Serves 550 peopleSurface Water PurchasedOwner: Local GovernmentSophia, 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 1994: 11 violations. 6 over the limit · 2 missed or late tests · 3 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-07-01.

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

6Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
2Missed or late test1 open
3Notice or report

More violations on record than 30% 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

1994 · Missed or late test: 11995200020052007 · Notice or report: 12009 · Notice or report: 12010201520202024 · Over the limit: 32024 · Over the limit: 32024 · Over the limit: 32024 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Over the limit: 32025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
55% over the limit · 618% missed or late test · 227% notice or report · 3

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×+Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)2025-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 66.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.1×)2025-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 69.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.1×)2025-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 69.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.1×)2024-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 75.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.2×)2024-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 70.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.2×)2024-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 65.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.1×)
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 4 results on file · action level 15 ppb

3.3 ppb
2.4 ppb
0.32 ppb
0.27 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2024-06-30Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 66.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2025-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 69.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2025-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 69.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2024-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 75.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2024-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 70.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2024-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  7. 2024-06-30Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptOpen
  8. 2024-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 65.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2009-03-29Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  10. 2007-09-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 1994-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served550
Service connections255
Water sourceSurface Water Purchased
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CitySophia
EPA ZIP on file25921

Areas served

  • Slab Fork, Raleigh County

Reading this record

Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork is a community water system that draws from surface water purchased and serves about 550 people in Sophia, 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.