Community Water System · PWS WV3301309
Rainelle Water Dept
Operator location Rainelle, West Virginia - 29% of 157 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,381 served per SDWIS.
- 1,381
- People served (this PWS)
- 157
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 45
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Rainelle Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
29% of 157 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 29% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #16,703 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Rainelle Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (157), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,381 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 29% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,703 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #215 of 312
- Population · WV
- 157
- Total EPA violations on record
- 29%
- 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
- 692
- County
- Greenbrier
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 33
- Monitoring Violations
- 76
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 12
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 28 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 20 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 14 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 14 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 13 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 10 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 2022 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 6 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 6 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MCL | 5 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Rainelle Water Dept has 157 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 29% of this system's own violations are health-based (45 of 157), and it ranks #16,703 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)
157 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
Health-based violations on Rainelle Water Dept
45 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WV3301309.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
157 violations · 1,381 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 Rainelle Water Dept
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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