Community Water System · PWS WV3302439
McDowell County Psd Coalwood
Operator location Welch, West Virginia - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 287 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,537 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,537
- People served (this PWS)
- 287
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 16
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
McDowell County Psd Coalwood standing, high SDWIS violation third
287 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 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #15,667 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
McDowell County Psd Coalwood sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (287), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,537 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,667 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #202 of 312
- Population · WV
- 287
- Total EPA violations on record
- 6%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 561
- County
- McDowell
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 220
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 12
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MR | 29 | 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 26 | 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 24 | 2019 |
| Public Notice | Other | 17 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 12 | 2018 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 11 | 2013 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 9 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 8 | 2018 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 8 | 2018 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Dalapon | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| LASSO | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 1992 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
McDowell County Psd Coalwood has 287 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (16 of 287), and it ranks #15,667 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)
287 Higher than most more violations than 90% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for McDowell County Psd Coalwood
287 violations on record for WV3302439; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
287 violations · 1,537 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 McDowell County Psd Coalwood
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