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Community Water System · PWS WV3300512

Follansbee Hooverson Heights

Operator location Follansbee, West Virginia - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 263 violations and 4,970 people served.

4,970
People served (this PWS)
263
EPA violations (this PWS)
16
Health-based (this PWS)
1 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Follansbee Hooverson Heights standing, high SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #7,776 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Follansbee Hooverson Heights sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (263), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (4,970; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#7,776 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#58 of 312
Population · WV
263
Total EPA violations on record
6%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
2,138
County
Brooke
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
1
Monitoring Violations
219
Treatment Tech Violations
15

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Public Notice Other 20 2024
TTHM MR 20 2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 16 2023
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 15 2021
CARBON, TOTAL MR 10 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 6 1998
Lead and Copper Rule MR 6 2016
Nitrate MR 6 1998
Mercury MR 4 2019
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 4 2020
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 4 2020
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2020
Vinyl chloride MR 4 2020
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2020
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 4 2020
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 4 2020
Carbon tetrachloride MR 4 2020
Trichloroethylene MR 4 2020
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 4 2020
CHLOROBENZENE MR 4 2020
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 4 2020
Radium-228 MR 4 2020
Chlorine MR 4 2022
Benzene MR 4 2020
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 4 2020
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2020
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 4 2018
Xylenes, Total MR 4 2020
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2020
Tetrachloroethylene MR 4 2020

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Follansbee Hooverson Heights has 263 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 11% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (16 of 263), and it ranks #7,776 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)

263 Higher than most more violations than 89% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 2 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFBA 9/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/23/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/23/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/23/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/23/2024 3.10 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/23/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/23/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/23/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 6/17/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 6/17/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 6/17/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 6/17/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 6/17/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 6/17/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 6/17/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 6/17/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 6/17/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 6/17/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 6/17/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 6/17/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 6/17/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 6/17/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 6/17/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 6/17/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 6/17/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 6/17/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 6/17/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 6/17/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 6/17/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for Follansbee Hooverson Heights

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS WV3300512 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

263 violations · 4,970 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Follansbee Hooverson Heights

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater