Community Water System · PWS WV3305516
Oceana Community Of
Operator location Oceana, West Virginia - larger served population (> 3,309) at 3,796 people served; 526 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 3,796
- People served (this PWS) Larger third of systems
- 526
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 117
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Oceana Community Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
3,796 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 22% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #9,184 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Oceana Community Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (526), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,796; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 22% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #9,184 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #81 of 312
- Population · WV
- 526
- Total EPA violations on record
- 22%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,575
- County
- Wyoming
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 33
- Monitoring Violations
- 305
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 84
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 72 | 1997 |
| Public Notice | Other | 49 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 33 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 25 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 21 | 2015 |
| TTHM | MR | 21 | 2023 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 14 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 13 | 2025 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 12 | 2017 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2024 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 12 | 2018 |
| Cryptosporidium | MR | 12 | 2018 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 10 | 2023 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Simazine | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Picloram | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Atrazine | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| LASSO | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Chlordane | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2018 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Oceana Community Of has 526 recorded EPA violations, 96% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 4% carry more. 22% of this system's own violations are health-based (117 of 526), and it ranks #9,184 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)
526 Higher than most more violations than 96% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Oceana Community Of plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Population served record for Oceana Community Of
EPA SDWIS lists 3,796 people served and 1,575 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
526 violations · 3,796 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 similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Oceana Community Of
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