Question 1

Is Caperton Furniture Works water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Caperton Furniture Works (PWS ID: WV9933049) has 219 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 120 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Caperton Furniture Works serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Caperton Furniture Works serves 120 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Berkeley Springs or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1 service connections. The operator address is listed in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.

Question 3

What type of violations does Caperton Furniture Works have?

Accepted Answer

Caperton Furniture Works has 219 total violations: 12 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 192 monitoring/reporting violations, and 12 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Caperton Furniture Works water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Caperton Furniture Works under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Caperton Furniture Works use?

Accepted Answer

Caperton Furniture Works uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Non-Transient Non-Community Water System, serving the same people for at least 6 months per year.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

How does Caperton Furniture Works's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Caperton Furniture Works has 219 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 13% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 87% of that cohort has fewer violations than Caperton Furniture Works. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MR	15	2016
Public Notice	Other	14	2024
Nitrate	MR	13	2022
Groundwater Rule	TT	12	2015
Chlorine	MR	12	2018
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	8	2009
TTHM	MR	8	2009
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	8	2018
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	8	2007
Groundwater Rule	MR	7	2022
Cadmium	MR	4	2002
Chromium	MR	4	2002
Mercury	MR	4	2002
Nickel	MR	4	2002
Antimony, Total	MR	4	2002
Methoxychlor	MR	4	2014
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	4	2014
OXAMYL	MR	4	2014
Simazine	MR	4	2014
Picloram	MR	4	2014
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	4	2014
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	4	2014
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	4	2014
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	4	2014
Fluoride	MR	4	2002
2,4-D	MR	4	2014
Beryllium, Total	MR	4	2002
Atrazine	MR	4	2014
LASSO	MR	4	2014
CYANIDE	MR	4	2002

Caperton Furniture Works

Caperton Furniture Works standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Caperton Furniture Works

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load