Question 1

Is Century Volga Psd water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Century Volga Psd (PWS ID: WV3300107) has 52 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 2,603 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Century Volga Psd serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Century Volga Psd serves 2,603 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Philippi or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 1,039 service connections. The operator address is listed in Philippi, West Virginia.

Question 3

What type of violations does Century Volga Psd have?

Accepted Answer

Century Volga Psd has 52 total violations: 20 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 26 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Century Volga Psd water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Century Volga Psd under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Century Volga Psd use?

Accepted Answer

Century Volga Psd uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Century Volga Psd sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Century Volga Psd ranks #11,579 of 29,740 by people served, and #123 of 312 in West Virginia. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Century Volga Psd's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Century Volga Psd has 52 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 42% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 57% of that cohort has fewer violations than Century Volga Psd. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	20	2015
Coliform (TCR)	MR	12	2015
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MR	4	2015
Chlorine	MR	4	2015
TTHM	MR	3	2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	3	2021

Century Volga Psd

Century Volga Psd standing, mid SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on Century Volga Psd

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Cross-state systems near this population served