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Is Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Mount Gay-Shamrock, 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 Mount Gay-Shamrock have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Logan County PSD - Northern Regional and City of Logan Water Board.

Logan County PSD - Northern Regional, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 66.7 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 Mount Gay-Shamrock’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 Logan County PSD - Northern Regional’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Mount Gay-Shamrock

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

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Pikeville

    Pikeville, KY · about 35 miles

    Certified for bacteria

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

    Charleston, WV · about 44 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 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria

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ZIP codes in Mount Gay-Shamrock

Which ZIP codes are in Mount Gay-Shamrock: 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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