Question 1

Is Canaan Valley State Park water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Canaan Valley State Park (PWS ID: WV9947044) has 183 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,683 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Canaan Valley State Park serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Canaan Valley State Park serves 1,683 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Davis or any other city). It is a State-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 71 service connections. The operator address is listed in Davis, West Virginia.

Question 3

What type of violations does Canaan Valley State Park have?

Accepted Answer

Canaan Valley State Park has 183 total violations: 83 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 87 monitoring/reporting violations, and 3 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Canaan Valley State Park water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Canaan Valley State Park under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Canaan Valley State Park use?

Accepted Answer

Canaan Valley State Park 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

Where does Canaan Valley State Park sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Canaan Valley State Park ranks #14,987 of 29,740 by people served, and #189 of 312 in West Virginia. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Canaan Valley State Park's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Canaan Valley State Park has 183 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 16% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 84% of that cohort has fewer violations than Canaan Valley State Park. 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
TTHM	MCL	38	2006
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL	38	2006
TTHM	MR	17	2020
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	14	2013
Public Notice	Other	6	2021
Coliform (TCR)	MR	6	2015
Chlorine	MR	6	2021
Turbidity	Other	6	1996
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	6	2021
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	4	2020
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	4	2012
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	3	1993
Simazine	MR	2	2011
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	2	2011
Atrazine	MR	2	2011
Heptachlor	MR	2	2011
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	2	2011
Chlordane	MR	2	2011
Methoxychlor	MR	2	2011
2,4-D	MR	2	2011
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	2	2011
Carbofuran	MR	2	2011
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	2	2011
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	2	2011
LASSO	MR	2	2011
Picloram	MR	2	2011
OXAMYL	MR	2	2011
BHC-GAMMA	MR	2	2011
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	2	2011

Canaan Valley State Park

Canaan Valley State Park standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on Canaan Valley State Park

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served