Community Water System · PWS WV3303401
Richwood Water Dept
Operator location Richwood, West Virginia - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 294 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,480 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,480
- People served (this PWS)
- 294
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 29
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Richwood Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
294 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 10% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,034 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Richwood Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (294), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,480 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 10% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,034 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #129 of 312
- Population · WV
- 294
- Total EPA violations on record
- 10%
- 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
- 1,046
- County
- Nicholas
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 222
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 25
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Other | 20 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 14 | 2024 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 10 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 9 | 2024 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 9 | 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 7 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 7 | 2024 |
| Arsenic | MR | 6 | 2024 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 5 | 2019 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2004 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 4 | 2005 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 4 | 2014 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2018 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2021 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Richwood Water Dept has 294 recorded EPA violations, 91% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 9% carry more. 10% of this system's own violations are health-based (29 of 294), and it ranks #12,034 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)
294 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
SDWIS compliance record for Richwood Water Dept
294 violations on record for WV3303401; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
294 violations · 2,480 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 Richwood Water Dept
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