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Community Water System · PWS WV3303802

Cass Scenic Railroad

Operator location Cass, West Virginia - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 555 people served; 1,264 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

555
People served (this PWS)
1,264
EPA violations (this PWS)
14
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Cass Scenic Railroad standing, high SDWIS violation third

555 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #27,343 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Cass Scenic Railroad sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (1,264), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (555; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#27,343 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#300 of 312
Population · WV
1,264
Total EPA violations on record
1%
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
69
County
Pocahontas
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
1,154
Treatment Tech Violations
14

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Public Notice Other 63 2025
2,4-D MR 43 2023
Atrazine MR 41 2024
Simazine MR 41 2024
Methoxychlor MR 39 2023
OXAMYL MR 39 2023
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 39 2023
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 39 2023
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 39 2023
Chlordane MR 39 2023
BHC-GAMMA MR 39 2023
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 39 2023
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 39 2023
Carbofuran MR 39 2023
Picloram MR 39 2023
Heptachlor MR 39 2023
LASSO MR 39 2023
Heptachlor epoxide MR 39 2023
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 35 2022
Chlorine MR 35 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 32 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 20 2021
TTHM MR 20 2021
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 20 2025
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 18 2022
Nitrate MR 18 2023
Lead and Copper Rule MR 12 2025
CARBON, TOTAL TT 12 2023
CARBON, TOTAL MR 11 2023
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 10 2022

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Cass Scenic Railroad has 1,264 recorded EPA violations, 99% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 1% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (14 of 1,264), and it ranks #27,343 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)

1,264 Higher than most more violations than 99% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Cass Scenic Railroad

EPA SDWIS lists 555 people served and 69 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

1,264 violations · 555 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Cass Scenic Railroad

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater