Community Water System · PWSID WV3304407

Walton Psd

Serves 2,208 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentWalton, West Virginia
1 open treatment violation.

Open for: Lead and Copper Rule. EPA counts treatment-technique violations as health-based: a required protective step was not done. It is not a measurement of contamination.

On record since 2006: 12 violations. 1 over the limit · 2 treatment lapses · 2 missed or late tests · 7 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.

1Over the limit
2Treatment lapse1 open
2Missed or late test
7Notice or report2 open

More violations on record than 32% 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

20052006 · Notice or report: 32006 · Notice or report: 32006 · Notice or report: 32010 · Notice or report: 120102014 · Missed or late test: 120152017 · Treatment lapse: 12019 · Missed or late test: 12020 · Over the limit: 12020 · Notice or report: 120202021 · Notice or report: 12023 · Treatment lapse: 12025 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
8% over the limit · 117% treatment lapse · 217% missed or late test · 258% notice or report · 7

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)2020-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 68.00 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.

What you can do

  • Lead: Run cold water for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using it for drinking or cooking, especially after the water has been sitting for several hours. Use only cold water for cooking and baby formula. Consider a water filter certified to remove lead (look for NSF/ANSI Standard 53 certification). Have your water tested if you live in an older home.

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

10.1 ppb
6.2 ppb
3.2 ppb
1.8 ppb

Open now (3)

  1. 2025-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  2. 2021-02-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  3. 2017-04-01Lead and Copper RuleOCCT/SOWT Treatment Installation/DemonstrationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportOpen
  2. 2023-07-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor Removalmeasured 0.9900 RATIOPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2021-02-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  4. 2020-11-26Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2020-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 68.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2019-12-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  7. 2017-04-01Lead and Copper RuleOCCT/SOWT Treatment Installation/DemonstrationOpen
  8. 2014-01-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2010-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  10. 2006-12-22Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2006-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  12. 2006-06-04Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance

System details

Population served2,208
Service connections856
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityWalton
EPA ZIP on file25286

Areas served

  • Walton, Roane County

Reading this record

Walton Psd is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 2,208 people in Walton, 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.