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Nicholas County, West Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WV067 · Nicholas County 9 sys · 1,166 viol · #1570/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 15.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1570/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW 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, Nicholas County ranks #1,570 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #21 of 55 counties in West Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Nicholas 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 15.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,570 of 3,254 · #21 of 55 in West Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Nicholas County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Nicholas 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
Wilderness Psd 6,106 84 Clean
Summersville Municipal Water 5,574 66 Clean
Craigsville Psd 4,997 53 Clean
Nettie Leivasy Psd 3,630 237 -
Richwood Water Dept 2,480 294 -
Birch River Psd 1,369 77 -
Fenwick Mountain Psd 554 295 -
Wild Ridge 87 18 -
Usfs Big Rock Campground Well 028 Hp 50 42 -

Compare beyond West Virginia

Mid-flagged peers for Nicholas County

Cross-state counties nearest Nicholas County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,166). 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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