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West Virginia

Nicholas County drinking water quality

9 active public water systems serve 24,847 people in Nicholas County. 0 are compliant, 9 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 3 are designated serious violators, and 2 carry a health flag.

Active systems 9 7 community systems
People served 25K by public water systems
Systems with violations 9 100% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 3 2 systems carry a health flag

Needs attention

Nettie Leivasy PSD WV3303403 · Nettie · Community water system · Serves 3,630 6 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Carbon, Total, Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), and Public Notification Rule.
Fenwick Mountain PSD WV3303406 · Fenwick · Community water system · Serves 554 4 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), Public Notification Rule, Stage 1 Disinfectants and DBP Rule, and Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5).
Wild Ridge WV9934086 · Summersville · Transient non-community system · Serves 87 4 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Groundwater Rule (GWR), Public Notification Rule, and Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR).
Richwood Water Dept WV3303401 · Richwood · Community water system · Serves 2,480 10 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Consumer Confidence Rule (CCR), Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), and Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2).

Community water systems

7 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Wilderness PSD
Mount Nebo 		6,106 6 1
Summersville Municipal Water
Summersville 		5,574 3 0
Craigsville PSD
Craigsville 		4,997 1 0
Nettie Leivasy PSD
Nettie 		3,630 6 2
Richwood Water Dept
Richwood 		2,480 10 3
Birch River PSD
Birch River 		1,369 2 2
Fenwick Mountain PSD
Fenwick 		554 4 4
Non-community systems (2: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Wild Ridge
Summersville 		87 4 1
Usfs Big Rock Campground Well 028 HP
Richwood 		50 2 1
Inactive systems (86, 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.