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Is Pea Ridge, WV tap water safe?

Wvawc - Huntington Dist serves Pea Ridge, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Wvawc - Huntington Dist serves Pea Ridge. In EPA’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 67.9 ppb, above the legal limit.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Wvawc - Huntington Dist’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Pea Ridge

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 Pea Ridge, 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 39 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 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Pikeville

    Pikeville, KY · about 61 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 50 certified labs for West Virginia

ZIP codes in Pea Ridge

Which ZIP codes are in Pea Ridge: 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.