Greater Harrison Psd Lost Creek Mt Clare

Water Quality Snapshot: Greater Harrison Psd Lost Creek Mt Clare

Greater Harrison Psd Lost Creek Mt Clare is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 3,536 residents in West Milford, West Virginia (Harrison County) through 1,469 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 165 total violations for this system , of which 35 (21%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 62 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Public Notice, recorded in 38 violations (Other). Under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, 1 PFAS compound was detected in samples collected from this system, with a maximum reported concentration of 4.8 ppt (parts per trillion). PFAS are persistent synthetic chemicals linked to health effects at very low exposure levels.

Across West Virginia, EPA tracks 774 public water systems serving 1,597,057 people, with 187,590 cumulative violations and 11,480 health-based violations on record. About 99% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 242.4 violations. Statewide, 46 of 102 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (45.1%).

Greater Harrison Psd Lost Creek Mt Clare's 165 violations sit below the West Virginia average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.