Community Water System · PWS WV3304120
Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork
Operator location Sophia, West Virginia - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 550 people served; 161 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 550
- People served (this PWS)
- 161
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 18
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork standing, high SDWIS violation third
550 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #27,575 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (161), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (550; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #27,575 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #302 of 312
- Population · WV
- 161
- Total EPA violations on record
- 11%
- 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
- 255
- County
- Raleigh
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 18
- Monitoring Violations
- 125
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 44 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 16 | 1998 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 16 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 11 | 2001 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2024 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Arsenic | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2009 |
| Nickel | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1996 |
| TTHM | MR | 2 | 2011 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork has 161 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (18 of 161), and it ranks #27,575 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)
161 Higher than most more violations than 82% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork
EPA SDWIS lists 550 people served and 255 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
161 violations · 550 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 smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Raleigh County Psd Slab Fork
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