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Groundwater Rule (GWR) violations in West Virginia

208 active public water systems in West Virginia had a Groundwater Rule (GWR) violation in the past three years, 94 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Groundwater Rule (GWR) is and why it matters.

Health effects: Protects against enteric viruses, which can contaminate groundwater via cracked well casings, failing septic systems, or animal waste. Viruses persist longer in groundwater than in surface water. Hepatitis A and norovirus are the primary pathogens of concern.

Systems with a Groundwater Rule (GWR) violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Shavers Fork Campground
Bowden · Randolph County
25 3 2
Slanesville General INC
Slanesville · Hampshire County
25 3 0
Summit Point Park
Summit Point · Jefferson County
25 4 1
Tj's Pit Stop
Rippon · Jefferson County
25 4 0
Trents
Arbovale · Pocahontas County
25 4 1
Usfs Cranberry Mtn Nature Ctr
Mill Point · Pocahontas County
25 4 1
Wagon Wheel Atv Resort
Crumpler · Wyoming County
25 3 2
Wvdot Summers County
Hinton · Summers County
25 3 2
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Groundwater Rule (GWR), including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Groundwater Rule (GWR) alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The West Virginia records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.