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Is Wiley Ford, WV tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Wiley Ford, 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 Wiley Ford has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Frankfort PSD.

Frankfort PSD, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Wiley Ford’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 Frankfort PSD’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 Wiley Ford

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

  • Shenandoah Bacteriological Laboratory

    Cross Junction, VA · about 29 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • West Virginia Department of Agriculture / Moorefield Field Office

    Moorefield, WV · about 42 miles

    Certified for bacteria

  • West Virginia Dept. of Health, District Environmental Laboratory

    Kearneysville, WV · about 48 miles

    Certified for bacteria

All 50 certified labs for West Virginia

ZIP codes in Wiley Ford

Which ZIP codes are in Wiley Ford: 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 Wiley Ford

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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