BECKLEY WATER COMPANY: EPA violation history, explained
BECKLEY WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 47,386 people through 22,514 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BECKLEY WATER COMPANY ranks 2,766th by violation burden (79th percentile) - 15 violations total, 7 health-baseds.
How BECKLEY WATER COMPANY compares within WV
WV's 135 covered systems average 6.4 health-based violations each; BECKLEY WATER COMPANY carries 7, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BECKLEY WATER COMPANY is from 2015-01-10 (health-based: 2007-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BECKLEY WATER COMPANY's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
BECKLEY WATER COMPANY's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and BECKLEY WATER COMPANY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,766th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.