Community Water System · PWS WV3302421
Welch City Of
Operator location Welch, West Virginia - 25% of 304 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,907 served per SDWIS.
- 2,907
- People served (this PWS)
- 304
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 76
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Welch City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
25% of 304 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 25% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,879 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Welch City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (304), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,907 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 25% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,879 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #112 of 312
- Population · WV
- 304
- Total EPA violations on record
- 25%
- 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
- 1,009
- County
- McDowell
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 60
- Monitoring Violations
- 194
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 16
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 56 | 2009 |
| Public Notice | Other | 18 | 2022 |
| Chlorine | MR | 17 | 2025 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 16 | 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 12 | 2025 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 9 | 2019 |
| Nitrite | MR | 7 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2020 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| TTHM | MR | 5 | 2025 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Nickel | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Welch City Of has 304 recorded EPA violations, 91% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 9% carry more. 25% of this system's own violations are health-based (76 of 304), and it ranks #10,879 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)
304 Higher than most more violations than 91% 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 Welch City Of
76 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WV3302421.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
304 violations · 2,907 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 Welch City Of
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