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Jefferson County, West Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WV037 · Jefferson County 43 sys · 14,377 viol · #1250/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.7% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1250/3254
  • ABOVE-PEER +2.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 81%
  • SYS-MID 43 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Berkeley County ( -2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jefferson County ranks #1,250 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #14 of 55 counties in West Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Jefferson County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,250 of 3,254 · #14 of 55 in West Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Jefferson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mercer · lowest Jefferson · this county Kanawha · near Wood · near 92.3% 95.7% 97.7% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Charles Town Utilities 15,220 693 Clean
Wvaw - Walnut Grove Utilities 7,250 2,103 Detected
Corporation of Shepherdstown 4,300 363 Detected
Corporation of Harpers Ferry 2,122 283 -
Wvaw - the Mountain Water System 976 434 -
Blue Ridge Elementary 455 421 -
Page Jackson Solar Elem 450 171 -
South Jefferson Elementary 424 252 -
Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy 300 345 -
Blue Ridge Primary School 248 332 -
E Z Mart 200 98 -
Charles Town Utl-Glen Haven Utilities 195 222 -
Oak Hill Mobile Home Community LLC 172 378 -
Allens Wonderland 157 21 -
US Fish & Wildlife-Nctc 150 248 -
Wvaw - Deerfield Village Subdivision 132 524 -
Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility 126 1,139 -
Summit Point Tactical Training Center 125 61 -
Rock Spring Church 120 270 -
Charles Town Utl-Cavaland Subdivision 107 78 -
Usgs Leetown Science Center 105 615 -
Summit Point Raceway 100 133 -
Leights MHP 78 58 -
Russells MHP 75 106 -
Usda Appalachian Fruit Research Station 70 172 -
Caz/Hillbrook Inn 70 479 -
Potomac Farms Water Co 65 1,408 -
Summit Point - Main Office 50 0 -
Middleway Market 25 72 -
Tj's Pit Stop 25 352 -
Images C and a Enterprises 25 325 -
Morgan Grove Park 25 160 -
Mountaineer Mini Mart 25 454 -
Railside Market 25 81 -
Summit Point Park 25 171 -
Rolling Ridge Conservatory 25 233 -
Claymont Society 25 219 -
River Country Store 25 76 -
Bakerton Market 25 306 -
Harpers Ferry Campground 25 216 -
Hawthorne Inn 25 192 -
Dollar General Store Middleway 25 22 -
Black Dog Coffee 25 91 -

Compare beyond West Virginia

Mid-flagged peers for Jefferson County

Cross-state counties nearest Jefferson County on flagged-system share (97.7%) and cumulative violation count (14,377). 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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