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Is Wayne, WV tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Wayne, 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

1 of the 2 utilities serving Wayne has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Town of Wayne Water.

Lavalette PSD, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 83.2 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.

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 Wayne’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 Lavalette PSD’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 Wayne

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 Wayne, 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 47 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 47 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Pikeville

    Pikeville, KY · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 50 certified labs for West Virginia

ZIP codes in Wayne

Which ZIP codes are in Wayne: 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.

Near Wayne

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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