Community Water System · PWS WV3300104
Philippi City Of
Operator location Philippi, West Virginia - larger served population (> 3,309) at 3,500 people served; 159 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 3,500
- People served (this PWS)
- 159
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 21
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Philippi City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
3,500 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #9,659 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Philippi City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (159), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,500; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #9,659 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #89 of 312
- Population · WV
- 159
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,585
- County
- Barbour
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 69
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 21
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Other | 47 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 17 | 2022 |
| TTHM | MR | 16 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 16 | 2018 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 12 | 2022 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 8 | 2024 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 8 | 2015 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 6 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2013 |
| Cryptosporidium | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 1993 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 3 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Philippi City Of has 159 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (21 of 159), and it ranks #9,659 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
159 Higher than most more violations than 82% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Philippi City Of
EPA SDWIS lists 3,500 people served and 1,585 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
159 violations · 3,500 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Philippi City Of
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in West Virginia compares on the same EPA violation measures. West Virginia systems
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