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West Virginia's 413 community water systems reported 4,906 lead and 3,493 galvanized-requiring-replacement service lines, plus 238,871 of unknown material. That ranks #34 among states for confirmed lead lines.
4,906 Lead
3,493 Galvanized, replace
238,871 Unknown
45 Systems with lead
1.2% of the service lines West Virginia utilities reported are lead or galvanized requiring replacement, well below the national share of 3.1%. 36% are still unidentified (national: 21%). The largest counts are in Clarksburg Water Board (3,778), Wvawc - Huntington Dist (1,235), Town of Monongah (504). 16 systems haven't reported counts yet.
Since 2025 Q1, reported lead and galvanized lines in West Virginia went from 8,620 to 8,399 (down 221). See which systems made the most progress .
Systems with confirmed lead lines (45) Water system Lead Galv. Unknown % lead People Clarksburg Water Board Clarksburg 3,408 370 0 44% 19,072 Wvawc - Huntington Dist Huntington 845 390 35,182 2.8% 98,647 Town of Monongah Monongah 1 503 555 34% 3,226 Wvawc Bluefield District Bluefield 18 451 3,694 9.7% 12,174 Corporation of Shepherdstown Shepherdstown 0 422 0 23% 4,300 Tomlinson Psd-Newell Newell 347 0 3 57% 4,963 City of Fairmont Fairmont 0 332 10,289 2.3% 30,586 Salem Water Board Salem 69 230 35 33% 1,630 Parkersburg Utility Board Parkersburg 36 173 13,189 1.3% 34,251 Wvawc-Kanawha Valley Dist Charleston 0 162 85,540 0.2% 209,283 Wvawc Bluestone Plant Hinton 0 141 10,362 1.1% 20,562 Wheeling Wheeling 73 19 12,522 0.7% 29,899 Morgantown Utility Board Morgantown 0 71 16,048 0.2% 66,851 St Albans Water St. Albans 0 62 5,636 1.0% 13,758 City of Martinsburg Martinsburg 7 51 5,295 0.8% 16,250 Moundsville Moundsville 27 0 0 1.2% 9,911 Town of Petersburg Petersburg 0 22 0 1.9% 2,841 Follansbee Municipal Follansbee 2 19 531 1.6% 3,145 Benwood Water Department Benwood 21 0 0 3.7% 1,510 City of Elkins Elkins 17 0 0 0.4% 9,350 Beckley Water Company Beckley 11 5 0 <0.1% 47,386 Chester Water Dept. Chester 6 9 798 1.1% 3,088 West Logan Water Co Logan 0 14 292 3.9% 908 Cameron Water Cameron 0 13 408 2.4% 962 Fort Gay Water Works Fort Gay (Cassville) 0 8 750 1.1% 1,600 Grantsville Municipal Grantsville 3 3 204 2.8% 880 Piedmont Municipal WTR WKS Piedmont 0 6 119 1.8% 847 Town of Anmoore Anmoore 1 3 319 1.2% 1,013 Kenova Municipal Water Kenova 0 3 3,178 <0.1% 11,192 Town of Rivesville Rivesville 0 3 512 0.5% 1,267 Logan Co PSD - Stollings Logan 3 0 408 0.6% 861 Raleigh County PSD Arnett Arnett 0 3 50 1.2% 6,663 Town of Grant Town Grant Town 2 0 52 0.4% 506 Raleigh County PSD Coal City Coal City 0 2 15 1.7% 3,415 Reamer Hill Water Assoc Clendenin (Rr Name Clendennin) 0 2 0 8.0% 60 New Martinsville New Martinsville 1 0 565 <0.1% 5,272 City of Shinnston Shinnston 1 0 357 <0.1% 4,959 Paw Paw Water Works Paw Paw 1 0 187 0.4% 524 Town of Carpendale Ridgeley (Rr Name Ridgely) 1 0 170 0.3% 937 Cass Scenic Railroad Cass 0 1 83 1.2% 555 City of Thomas Thomas 1 0 39 0.3% 753 Raleigh County PSD Slab Fork Slab Fork 1 0 2 7.1% 550 Raleigh County PSD Egeria Flat Top 1 0 1 3.7% 200 Raleigh County Mem Airport Beaver 1 0 0 3.4% 4,587 Sistersville Municipal Water Sistersville 1 0 0 0.1% 1,892
No confirmed lead, but unknown lines remain (67) Water system Lead Galv. Unknown % lead People Logan County PSD - Northern Regional Henlawson 0 0 6,762 0% 16,822 Wvawc New River Regional WTR Trtmt PLT Oak Hill 0 0 5,279 0% 25,603 Vienna Vienna 0 0 5,060 0% 12,507 Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River Martinsburg 0 0 1,747 0% 69,372 City of Logan Water Board Logan 0 0 1,692 0% 3,662 Lincoln PSD Alum Creek 0 0 1,564 0% 3,981 Wvaw - Weston Weston 0 0 1,331 0% 14,534 Wvaw - Walnut Grove Utilities Charles Town 0 0 798 0% 7,250 Richwood Water Dept Richwood 0 0 740 0% 2,480 Wvaw - Gassaway Gassaway 0 0 541 0% 2,159 Sugar Creek PSD Frametown 0 0 499 0% 3,241 Ceredo Water Works Ceredo 0 0 478 0% 1,472 Mount Hope Water Mount Hope 0 0 443 0% 1,567 Wvaw - the Mountain Water System Harpers Ferry 0 0 389 0% 976 Lubeck PSD Washington 0 0 373 0% 11,724 Mingo County PSD - Chattaroy Chattaroy 0 0 277 0% 223 Town of Ridgeley Ridgeley (Rr Name Ridgely) 0 0 234 0% 737 Town of Farmington Farmington 0 0 226 0% 699 Preston County PSD 4 Albright 0 0 210 0% 8,753 Wvawc Glade Springs District Daniels 0 0 208 0% 1,747 Logan Co Psd-Rum Creek Logan 0 0 202 0% 881 Clover PSD Clover 0 0 197 0% 976 Burnsville Public Utility Burnsville 0 0 182 0% 1,126 Mason County Psd-Camp Conley Point Pleasant 0 0 167 0% 497 Town of Hartford Hartford City (Corporate Name 0 0 161 0% 675 Mingo Co PSD - Ragland District Ragland 0 0 149 0% 621 Clay Water Dept Clay 0 0 131 0% 1,232 Mingo County PSD - Lick Creek Rawl 0 0 130 0% 380 Davy Municipal Water Works Davy 0 0 128 0% 332 Town of Harman Harman 0 0 121 0% 456 Lincoln PSD - Route 3 Griffithsville 0 0 117 0% 2,226 Town of Delbarton Delbarton 0 0 86 0% 277 Justice PSD Justice 0 0 83 0% 504 Wvaw - Valley Water and Sewer-Deerwood Kearneysville 0 0 81 0% 219 Shinnston - Saltwell Road Saltwell 0 0 81 0% 205 Rayford Acres Fairmont 0 0 74 0% 194 Pax Water Company Pax 0 0 73 0% 762 Town of Reedy Water Service Reedy 0 0 53 0% 480 Mingo County PSD - Marrowbone Lenore 0 0 42 0% 292 Sugar Lane Water Assoc Rivesville 0 0 41 0% 204 Hutchinson Community Water Assoc Worthington 0 0 33 0% 353 Franklin Municipality of Franklin 0 0 28 0% 1,402 Town of Albright Albright 0 0 28 0% 334 Lincoln PSD - Lower MUD River Lincoln County 0 0 27 0% 191 Mason Co Psd-Foglesong Dist Mason (Rr Name Mason City) 0 0 26 0% 156 McDowell County PSD Eckman Eckman 0 0 24 0% 118 Sunny View Acres Water Project Farmington 0 0 24 0% 69 Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility Charles Town 0 0 22 0% 126 Wvaw - Apple Orchard Acres Berkeley Springs 0 0 15 0% 91 Mingo County PSD - Delorme Delorme (Rr Name For Edgarton) 0 0 15 0% 64
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No lead or unknown lines reported (183) Systems serving 1,000 or more people. Systems without counts on file are listed as 0.
Water system Lead Galv. Unknown % lead People Putnam P S D Scott Depot (Rr Name Scott) 0 0 0 0% 26,410 Weirton Area Water Board Weirton 0 0 0 0% 19,676 Charles Town Utilities Charles Town 0 0 0 0% 15,220 Lewisburg Lewisburg 0 0 0 0% 12,065 City of Bridgeport Bridgeport 0 0 0 0% 11,158 City of Hurricane Hurricane 0 0 0 0% 8,987 Claywood Park PSD Parkersburg 0 0 0 0% 8,141 Buckhannon Water Board Buckhannon 0 0 0 0% 8,098 Union Williams P S D Waverly 0 0 0 0% 7,883 Kingwood Water Board Kingwood 0 0 0 0% 7,674 Lavalette PSD Lavalette 0 0 0 0% 7,455 Frankfort PSD Fort Ashby 0 0 0 0% 6,747 City of Grafton Grafton 0 0 0 0% 6,333 Ohio County PSD West Liberty 0 0 0 0% 6,297 Bluewell PSD Bluewell 0 0 0 0% 6,216 Wilderness PSD Mount Nebo 0 0 0 0% 6,106 Southern Jackson County P S D Ripley 0 0 0 0% 6,070 Clinton Water Assoc - Route 119 Morgantown 0 0 0 0% 5,733 Mineral Wells PSD Mineralwells 0 0 0 0% 5,674 Town of Athens Athens 0 0 0 0% 5,633 Summersville Municipal Water Summersville 0 0 0 0% 5,574 Town of Wayne Water Wayne 0 0 0 0% 5,519 Milton Water Milton 0 0 0 0% 5,446 City of Ripley Ripley 0 0 0 0% 5,420 Southwestern Water District Flemington 0 0 0 0% 5,363 Red Sulphur PSD Peterstown 0 0 0 0% 5,331 Adrian P S D French Creek 0 0 0 0% 5,327 Point Pleasant Water Works Point Pleasant 0 0 0 – 5,146 Ravenswood Municipal Water Works Ravenswood 0 0 0 0% 5,047 Craigsville PSD Craigsville 0 0 0 0% 4,997 Follansbee Hooverson Heights Follansbee 0 0 0 0% 4,970 Green Valley Glenwood PSD Glenwood Princeton 0 0 0 0% 4,914 Grant Co Psd-Northfork-Maysville Maysville 0 0 0 0% 4,829 City of Keyser Keyser 0 0 0 0% 4,796 Huttonsville PSD Mill Creek 0 0 0 0% 4,758 Spencer Water Dept Spencer 0 0 0 0% 4,630 Flatwoods Canoe Run PSD Flatwoods 0 0 0 0% 4,344 Mason Co Psd-Lakin Dist Lakin (Lakin State Hospital) 0 0 0 0% 4,296 Cool Ridge Flat Top PSD Cool Ridge 0 0 0 0% 4,190 Marshall County PSD 4 Moundsville 0 0 0 0% 4,063 Valley Falls PSD Fairmont 0 0 0 0% 4,042 City of Wellsburg Wellsburg 0 0 0 0% 4,019 Ravencliff McGraws Saulsville PSD McGraws 0 0 0 0% 3,967 Gauley River PSD Belva 0 0 0 0% 3,944 Mason Co PSD - Ashton Ashton 0 0 0 0% 3,902 Clay Battelle PSD Core 0 0 0 0% 3,858 White Sulphur Springs Water White Sulphur Springs 0 0 0 0% 3,845 Midland PSD Elkins 0 0 0 0% 3,802 Oceana Community of Oceana 0 0 0 0% 3,796 Logan Co Psd-Greenville System Greenville 0 0 0 0% 3,742
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West Virginia lead pipe questions How many lead pipes are in West Virginia? West Virginia's community water systems reported 4,906 lead service lines and 3,493 galvanized lines that must be replaced, for 8,399 in total. Another 238,871 lines are of unknown material.
Which West Virginia water systems have the most lead pipes? Clarksburg Water Board (3,778), Wvawc - Huntington Dist (1,235), Town of Monongah (504). Counts are lead plus galvanized-requiring-replacement lines.
What share of West Virginia service lines are lead? 1.2% of reported service lines in West Virginia are lead or galvanized requiring replacement, well below the national figure of 3.1%. 36% are still unknown, compared with 21% nationally.
How do I find out if my West Virginia home has a lead service line? Search for your water system or ZIP code above, then open your utility's address-level inventory map. You can also check the pipe where it enters your home with a scratch and magnet test.
Source: EPA SDWIS service line inventory, 2026 Q3. Smaller systems with no lead or unknown lines are omitted. See also national rankings .