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Is Tornado, WV tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Tornado, 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 Tornado has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: St Albans Water.

Wvawc - Kanawha Valley Dist, 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 Tornado’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Tornado

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 Tornado, 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 14 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 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Analabs, Inc.

    Crab Orchard, WV · about 53 miles

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

All 50 certified labs for West Virginia

ZIP codes in Tornado

Which ZIP codes are in Tornado: 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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