Community Water System · PWS WV3301504
Chester Water Dept.
Operator location Chester, West Virginia - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 325 EPA violations; surface water source; 3,220 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 3,220
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 325
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 24
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Chester Water Dept. standing, high SDWIS violation third
325 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 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,109 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Chester Water Dept. sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (325), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,220 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,109 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #102 of 312
- Population · WV
- 325
- Total EPA violations on record
- 7%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,521
- County
- Hancock
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 287
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 24
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 16 | 2006 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 12 | 2018 |
| Fluoride | MR | 9 | 2005 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 9 | 2005 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 8 | 2017 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 8 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 7 | 2017 |
| Public Notice | Other | 6 | 2023 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 5 | 1993 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 5 | 1993 |
| Selenium | MR | 5 | 1993 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Simazine | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Mercury | MR | 5 | 1993 |
| Chromium | MR | 5 | 1993 |
| Chlordane | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| LASSO | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Atrazine | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Nickel | MR | 5 | 1993 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 5 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Chester Water Dept. has 325 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (24 of 325), and it ranks #10,109 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)
325 Higher than most more violations than 92% 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
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Chester Water Dept. plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
SDWIS compliance record for Chester Water Dept.
325 violations on record for WV3301504; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
325 violations · 3,220 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 Chester Water Dept.
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