Community Water System · PWS WV3301037
Kanawha Falls Psd
Operator location Gauley Bridge, West Virginia - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 522 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,547 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,547
- People served (this PWS)
- 522
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 28
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Kanawha Falls Psd standing, high SDWIS violation third
522 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,749 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Kanawha Falls Psd sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (522), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,547 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,749 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #124 of 312
- Population · WV
- 522
- Total EPA violations on record
- 5%
- 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
- 1,197
- County
- Fayette
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 411
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 28
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Other | 50 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 49 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 49 | 2024 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 35 | 2025 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 18 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 14 | 2025 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 11 | 2025 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 11 | 2020 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| Fluoride | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| Arsenic | MR | 10 | 2019 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 9 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 9 | 2022 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 7 | 2025 |
| Nickel | MR | 6 | 2010 |
| Barium | MR | 6 | 2010 |
| Cadmium | MR | 6 | 2010 |
| Chromium | MR | 6 | 2010 |
| Mercury | MR | 6 | 2010 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 6 | 2010 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 6 | 2025 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 6 | 2010 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Kanawha Falls Psd has 522 recorded EPA violations, 96% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 4% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (28 of 522), and it ranks #11,749 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)
522 Higher than most more violations than 96% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Kanawha Falls Psd
522 violations on record for WV3301037; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
522 violations · 2,547 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Kanawha Falls Psd
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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