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West Virginia

McDowell County drinking water quality

24 active public water systems serve 14,906 people in McDowell County. 2 are compliant, 22 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 11 are designated serious violators, and 12 carry a health flag.

Active systems 24 20 community systems
People served 15K by public water systems
Systems with violations 22 92% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 11 12 systems carry a health flag

Needs attention

Welch City of WV3302421 · Welch · Community water system · Serves 2,907 6 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Lead and Copper Rule.
McDowell County PSD Bartley WV3302434 · Bartley, English · Community water system · Serves 2,242 8 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule and Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule.
McDowell County PSD Maybeury WV3302460 · Maybeury · Community water system · Serves 1,648 5 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Ground Water Rule and Consumer Confidence Rule.
Gary City of WV3302420 · Gary · Community water system · Serves 1,633 13 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Revised Total Coliform Rule, Ground Water Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule, and Consumer Confidence Rule.
War Water Works City Realty WV3302472 · War · Community water system · Serves 1,220 5 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Ground Water Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule, and Consumer Confidence Rule.
McDowell County PSD Kimball WV3302431 · Kimball · Community water system · Serves 432 4 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Ground Water Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, and Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule.
McDowell County Psd-Big Four WV3302471 · Welch · Community water system · Serves 363 2 rules violated in the past three years
McDowell County PSD Bradshaw WV3302437 · Bradshaw · Community water system · Serves 163 3 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Ground Water Rule and Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule.
McDowell County PSD Tidewater WV3302407 · Vivian · Community water system · Serves 113 2 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Ground Water Rule and Lead and Copper Rule.
Newberry Food and Fuel INC WV9927104 · Iaeger · Transient non-community system · Serves 25 3 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule.

6 more systems with a serious violator or health flag designation are in the lists below.

Community water systems

20 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Welch City of
Welch 		2,907 6 1
McDowell County PSD Bartley
Bartley, English 		2,242 8 2
McDowell County PSD Maybeury
Maybeury 		1,648 5 2
Gary City of
Gary 		1,633 13 5
McDowell County PSD Coalwood
Coalwood 		1,537 4 0
War Water Works City Realty
War 		1,220 5 4
McDowell County PSD Berwind
Berwind 		692 6 3
McDowell County PSD Kimball
Kimball 		432 4 3
McDowell County PSD Havaco
Havaco 		370 0 0
McDowell County Psd-Big Four
Welch 		363 2 0
Davy Municipal Water Works
Davy 		332 5 1
McDowell County PSD Hemphill
Hemphilll 		322 1 1
Crumpler Community Water
Crumpler 		170 4 4
McDowell County PSD Greenbrier
Northfork (rr Name North Fork) 		165 2 2
McDowell County PSD Bradshaw
Bradshaw 		163 3 2
McDowell County PSD Premier
Premier 		122 0 0
McDowell County PSD Eckman
Eckman 		118 2 1
McDowell County PSD Tidewater
Vivian 		113 2 2
McDowell County PSD Bishop
Bishop 		50 1 0
Ashland Community
Ashland 		32 3 0
Non-community systems (4: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Panther Wildlife Management Area 1
Panther 		200 3 1
Ashland Scenic Campground LLC
Ashland 		25 2 2
Newberry Food and Fuel INC
Iaeger 		25 3 1
Panther Wildlife Management Area
Panther 		25 3 1
Inactive systems (159, no longer operating or reporting)

Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.

About this data

Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.

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. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.