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Is Charles Town, WV tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Charles Town, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 2 utilities serving Charles Town have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Charles Town Utilities and Wvaw - Walnut Grove Utilities.

Charles Town Utilities, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 92.5 ppb, above the legal limit.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Charles Town’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Charles Town Utilities’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Charles Town

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 Charles Town, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • West Virginia Dept. of Health, District Environmental Laboratory

    Kearneysville, WV · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Shenandoah Bacteriological Laboratory

    Cross Junction, VA · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Fredericktowne Labs, Inc.

    Myersville, MD · about 27 miles

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

All 50 certified labs for West Virginia

ZIP codes in Charles Town

Which ZIP codes are in Charles Town: 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.

Near Charles Town

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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