Is Middleway, WV tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Middleway has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Wvaw - Walnut Grove Utilities.
Berkeley County Pswd - Potomac River, 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 Middleway’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Berkeley County Pswd - Potomac River
West Virginia · serves 69,372 people · under 100 in Middleway
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Wvaw - Walnut Grove Utilities
West Virginia · serves 7,250 people · under 100 in Middleway
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOS at 17.3 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
3 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Middleway
The 3 labs West Virginia certifies closest to Middleway, 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 · under a mile
Certified for bacteria
Shenandoah Bacteriological Laboratory
Cross Junction, VA · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Fredericktowne Labs, Inc.
Myersville, MD · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Middleway
Which ZIP codes are in Middleway: 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 Middleway
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Berkeley County Pswd - Potomac River’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