Is Culloden, WV tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Culloden has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Milton Water.
Wvawc - Kanawha Valley Dist, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Culloden’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Wvawc - Kanawha Valley Dist
West Virginia · serves 209,283 people · about 550 in Culloden
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Milton Water
West Virginia · serves 5,446 people · under 100 in Culloden
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.7 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Culloden
The 3 labs West Virginia certifies closest to Culloden, 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 · about 26 miles
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 · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria
Analabs, Inc.
Crab Orchard, WV · about 63 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Culloden
Which ZIP codes are in Culloden: 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 Culloden
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Wvawc - Kanawha Valley Dist’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water