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Hancock County, West Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WV029 · Hancock County 9 sys · 1,607 viol · #1793/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1793/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 78%
  • SYS-TINY 9 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Kanawha County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Hancock County ranks #1,793 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 55 counties in West Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Hancock County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.0% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,793 of 3,254 · #27 of 55 in West Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Hancock County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Hancock County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mercer · lowest Boone · highest Cabell · near Monongalia · near 92.3% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Mountaineer Park Inc 5,760 332 Detected
Tomlinson Psd-Newell 4,963 220 -
Chester Water Dept. 3,220 325 -
Tomlinson Psd 2,079 22 -
Oakland Psd 1,659 154 -
New Cumberland, City Of 1,326 184 -
Oakland Psd Golden Key Acres 506 127 -
Woodview Golf Course 50 41 -
Hilltop Drive-IN 25 202 -

Compare beyond West Virginia

Mid-flagged peers for Hancock County

Cross-state counties nearest Hancock County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,607). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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