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Is North Hills, WV tap water safe?

3 utilities serve North Hills, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

2 of the 3 utilities serving North Hills have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Parkersburg Utility Board and Union Williams P S D.

Parkersburg Utility Board, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 46.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 North Hills’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 Parkersburg Utility Board’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 North Hills

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

  • Advanced Analytical Solutions, L.L.C.

    Parkersburg, WV · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria

  • Microbac Laboratories Inc., Ohio Valley Division

    Marietta, OH · about 11 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, PFAS

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

    Charleston, WV · about 61 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

All 50 certified labs for West Virginia

ZIP codes in North Hills

Which ZIP codes are in North Hills: 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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