Community Water System · PWS WV3300517
Wellsburg, City Of
Operator location Wellsburg, West Virginia - UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 200 violations and 4,019 people served.
- 4,019
- People served (this PWS)
- 200
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 35
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 5 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Wellsburg, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 18% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #8,824 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Wellsburg, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (200), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (4,019; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 18% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #8,824 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #74 of 312
- Population · WV
- 200
- Total EPA violations on record
- 18%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
5 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,983
- County
- Brooke
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 120
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 35
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 35 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 30 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 13 | 2020 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Atrazine | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| LASSO | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Simazine | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Chlordane | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Picloram | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2011 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2021 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Wellsburg, City Of has 200 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 18% of this system's own violations are health-based (35 of 200), and it ranks #8,824 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)
200 Higher than most more violations than 85% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 7 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADONA | 5/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/16/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/16/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/16/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/16/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/16/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/16/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/16/2023 | 3.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/16/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/16/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/16/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/16/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/16/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/16/2023 | 3.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/16/2023 | 4.60 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOS | 5/16/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/16/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/16/2023 | 5.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/16/2023 | 4.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/16/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/16/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/16/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 11/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 11/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 11/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 11/21/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 11/21/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 11/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 11/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 11/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 11/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 11/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 11/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 11/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 11/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 11/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 11/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 11/21/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 11/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 11/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 11/21/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 11/21/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 11/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Wellsburg, City Of
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS WV3300517 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
200 violations · 4,019 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 Wellsburg, City Of
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