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Roane County, West Virginia

6 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 8,350 people in Roane County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

6
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
1,769
Total violations Middle third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WV087 · Roane County 6 sys · 1,769 viol · #2488/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.7% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2488/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 83%
  • SYS-TINY 6 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, Roane County ranks #2,488 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #41 of 55 counties in West Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Roane 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 17.7% 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 #2,488 of 3,254 · #41 of 55 in West Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Roane County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Roane 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
Spencer Water Dept 4,630 103 Clean
Walton Psd 2,208 119 -
Clover Psd 976 209 -
Reedy Water Service Town Of 480 828 -
Spring Heights Ed and Conf Center 31 66 -
Roane County Golf Club 25 444 -

Compare beyond West Virginia

Mid-flagged peers for Roane County

Cross-state counties nearest Roane County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,769). 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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