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Is Big Chimney, WV tap water safe?

Wvawc - Kanawha Valley Dist serves Big Chimney, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Wvawc - Kanawha Valley Dist serves Big Chimney. In EPA’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

Water testing near Big Chimney

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab West Virginia certifies.

The 3 labs West Virginia certifies closest to Big Chimney, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • West Virginia Dept. of Health - Office of Lab Services, Chemistry

    Charleston, WV · under a mile

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

  • West Virginia Dept. of Health - Office of Lab Services, Microbiology

    Charleston, WV · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria

  • Analabs, Inc.

    Crab Orchard, WV · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

All 50 certified labs for West Virginia

ZIP codes in Big Chimney

Which ZIP codes are in Big Chimney: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: West Virginia Office of Laboratory Services, laboratory certified parameter list; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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