Ravenswood Municipal Water Works

Water Quality Snapshot: Ravenswood Municipal Water Works

Ravenswood Municipal Water Works is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 5,047 residents in Ravenswood, West Virginia (Jackson County) through 2,195 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 468 total violations for this system , of which 37 (8%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 355 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2024.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Tetrachloroethylene, recorded in 68 violations (MR). Under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, 5 PFAS compounds were detected in samples collected from this system, with a maximum reported concentration of 9.9 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%).

Ravenswood Municipal Water Works's 468 violations sit above 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.