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Is Fairmont, WV tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Fairmont, 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

1 of the 2 utilities serving Fairmont has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Valley Falls PSD.

City of Fairmont, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Fairmont’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 City of Fairmont’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 Fairmont

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

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Morgantown WV

    Morgantown, WV · about 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Sturm Environmental Services

    Bridgeport, WV · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Standard Laboratories, Inc Lab 67

    Wheeling, WV · about 51 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 50 certified labs for West Virginia

ZIP codes in Fairmont

Which ZIP codes are in Fairmont: 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 Fairmont

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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