Community Water System · PWS WV3301810
Ravenswood Municipal Water Works
Operator location Ravenswood, West Virginia - UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 468 violations and 5,047 people served.
- 5,047
- People served (this PWS)
- 468
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 37
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 5 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Ravenswood Municipal Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #7,669 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Ravenswood Municipal Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (468), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (5,047; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #7,669 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #56 of 312
- Population · WV
- 468
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
5 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2,195
- County
- Jackson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 23
- Monitoring Violations
- 355
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 14
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 68 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 48 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 29 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 24 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 22 | 2022 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MCL | 16 | 1998 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 10 | 2024 |
| Barium | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Chromium | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Mercury | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Nickel | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Selenium | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Nitrite | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Arsenic | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Fluoride | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Cadmium | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 1997 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2018 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2013 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2013 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2017 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Ravenswood Municipal Water Works has 468 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (37 of 468), and it ranks #7,669 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)
468 Higher than most more violations than 95% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 9 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFOS | 6/3/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/3/2024 | 6.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/3/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/3/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/3/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/3/2024 | 8.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/3/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/3/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/3/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/3/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/3/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/3/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/3/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/3/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/3/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/3/2024 | 7.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/3/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/3/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/3/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/3/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/3/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/3/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/3/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/3/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/3/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/3/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/3/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/3/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/3/2024 | 5.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 12/16/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 12/16/2024 | 4.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 12/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 12/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 12/16/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 12/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 12/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 12/16/2024 | 6.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBA | 12/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 12/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 12/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 12/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 12/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 12/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 12/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 12/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 12/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 12/16/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 12/16/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 12/16/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 12/16/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Ravenswood Municipal Water Works
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS WV3301810 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
468 violations · 5,047 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Ravenswood Municipal Water Works
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