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Is Ranson corporation, WV tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Ranson corporation, 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

1 of the 2 utilities serving Ranson corporation 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.

Wvaw - Walnut Grove Utilities, which serves the most people here, has 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.

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 Ranson corporation’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 Wvaw - Walnut Grove Utilities’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 Ranson corporation

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 Ranson corporation, 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 · about 2 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Shenandoah Bacteriological Laboratory

    Cross Junction, VA · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Fredericktowne Labs, Inc.

    Myersville, MD · about 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

All 50 certified labs for West Virginia

ZIP codes in Ranson corporation

Which ZIP codes are in Ranson corporation: 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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