Community Water System · PWSID WV3301741

Shinnston - Saltwell Road

Serves 205 peopleSurface Water PurchasedOwner: Local GovernmentShinnston, West Virginia
Nothing open that measures the water, but 36 open testing or paperwork violations.

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 2003: 84 violations. 3 over the limit · 35 missed or late tests · 46 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.

3Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
35Missed or late test
46Notice or report36 open

More violations on record than 87% 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

2003 · Notice or report: 120052006 · Notice or report: 12008 · Notice or report: 120102011 · Notice or report: 12013 · Missed or late test: 12013 · Notice or report: 22014 · Missed or late test: 22014 · Notice or report: 12015 · Missed or late test: 22015 · Notice or report: 120152016 · Missed or late test: 62016 · Missed or late test: 62016 · Missed or late test: 62017 · Missed or late test: 22017 · Notice or report: 42017 · Notice or report: 42018 · Notice or report: 32018 · Notice or report: 32019 · Over the limit: 22019 · Notice or report: 32019 · Notice or report: 32020 · Over the limit: 12020 · Missed or late test: 32020 · Missed or late test: 32020 · Notice or report: 32020 · Notice or report: 320202021 · Missed or late test: 62021 · Missed or late test: 62021 · Missed or late test: 62021 · Notice or report: 32021 · Notice or report: 32022 · Missed or late test: 32022 · Missed or late test: 32022 · Notice or report: 62022 · Notice or report: 62022 · Notice or report: 62023 · Missed or late test: 82023 · Missed or late test: 82023 · Missed or late test: 82023 · Missed or late test: 82023 · Notice or report: 72023 · Notice or report: 72023 · Notice or report: 72023 · Notice or report: 72024 · Missed or late test: 22024 · Notice or report: 82024 · Notice or report: 82024 · Notice or report: 82024 · Notice or report: 82025 · Notice or report: 12025
One square ≈ 2 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
4% over the limit · 342% missed or late test · 3555% notice or report · 46

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)2020-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 85.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2019-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 87.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2019-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 95.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.2×)
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 6 results on file · action level 15 ppb

7 ppb
3.5 ppb
1.6 ppb
0.72 ppb
0.66 ppb
0.55 ppb

Open now (36)

  1. 2024-11-15Public Notice ×4PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  2. 2024-08-15Public Notice ×3PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  3. 2024-02-16Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  4. 2023-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  5. 2023-08-13Public Notice ×3PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  6. 2023-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  7. 2023-02-16Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  8. 2022-11-16Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  9. 2022-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  10. 2022-08-13Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  11. 2022-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  12. 2021-11-14Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  13. 2021-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  14. 2020-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  15. 2020-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  16. 2020-06-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  17. 2019-10-11Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  18. 2019-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  19. 2018-11-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  20. 2018-05-05Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  21. 2017-08-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  22. 2017-08-12Public Notice ×3PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  2. 2024-11-15Public Notice ×4PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  3. 2024-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2024-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2024-08-15Public Notice ×3PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  6. 2024-02-16Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  7. 2023-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  8. 2023-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2023-09-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2023-08-13Public Notice ×3PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  11. 2023-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  12. 2023-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2023-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2023-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  15. 2023-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2023-02-16Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  17. 2023-01-01OrthophosphateWater Quality Parameter M/RPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2023-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  19. 2022-11-16Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  20. 2022-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  21. 2022-08-13Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  22. 2022-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  23. 2022-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  24. 2022-03-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2022-03-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 45 entries
  1. 2021-11-14Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  2. 2021-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  3. 2021-09-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2021-09-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2021-06-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2021-06-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2021-03-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2021-03-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2020-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  10. 2020-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  11. 2020-06-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  12. 2020-06-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  13. 2020-06-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  14. 2020-03-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  15. 2020-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 85.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2019-10-11Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  17. 2019-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  18. 2019-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 87.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2019-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 95.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2019-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  21. 2018-11-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  22. 2018-05-05Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  23. 2017-08-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  24. 2017-08-12Public Notice ×3PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  25. 2017-06-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  26. 2017-06-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  27. 2016-12-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  28. 2016-12-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  29. 2016-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  30. 2016-04-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  31. 2016-02-29Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  32. 2016-02-29Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  33. 2015-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  34. 2015-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  35. 2015-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  36. 2014-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  37. 2014-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  38. 2014-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  39. 2013-12-30Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  40. 2013-09-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  41. 2013-09-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  42. 2011-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  43. 2008-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  44. 2006-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  45. 2003-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance

System details

Population served205
Service connections84
Water sourceSurface Water Purchased
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityShinnston
EPA ZIP on file26431

Areas served

  • Saltwell, Harrison County

Reading this record

Shinnston - Saltwell Road is a community water system that draws from surface water purchased and serves about 205 people in Shinnston, 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.