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Wayne County, West Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WV099 · Wayne County 10 sys · 1,215 viol · #1226/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 14.5% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1226/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 90%
  • SYS-SMALL 10 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, Wayne County ranks #1,226 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #12 of 55 counties in West Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wayne 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 14.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,226 of 3,254 · #12 of 55 in West Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wayne County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Wayne 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
Kenova Municipal Water 11,192 211 Clean
Lavalette Psd 7,293 15 Detected
Wayne Water Town Of 5,519 64 Clean
Crum Psd 3,463 74 -
Hershel Woody Williams Vamc 1,759 32 -
Fort Gay Water Works 1,685 419 -
Ceredo Water Works 1,472 194 -
Lavalette Psd - Eastern District 1,220 2 -
Lavalette Psd-Route 52 North District 1,065 19 -
Coe - Lakeside Marina 210 185 -

Compare beyond West Virginia

Mid-flagged peers for Wayne County

Cross-state counties nearest Wayne County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,215). 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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