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Marshall County, West Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WV051 · Marshall County 14 sys · 2,196 viol · #1354/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 9.6% health
  • RANK-MID #1354/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 86%
  • SYS-SMALL 14 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, Marshall County ranks #1,354 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #18 of 55 counties in West Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Marshall 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 9.6% 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 #1,354 of 3,254 · #18 of 55 in West Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Marshall County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Marshall 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
Moundsville 9,911 81 Clean
Marshall County Psd 4 4,063 178 Detected
Marshall County Psd 1 3,463 51 Detected
Marshall County Psd 3 2,694 38 -
Glen Dale Water Works 2,495 135 -
McMechen Municipal Water 2,212 196 -
Marshall County Psd 2 1,601 285 -
Benwood Water Department 1,510 247 -
Cameron Water 962 462 -
Reynolds Memorial Hospital 600 146 -
Westlake Chemical 435 68 -
Covestro 300 201 -
Mitchell Plant 250 22 -
Nicks Lounge 50 86 -

Compare beyond West Virginia

Mid-flagged peers for Marshall County

Cross-state counties nearest Marshall County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,196). 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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