BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER: EPA violation history, explained
BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 69,372, over 29,193 connections.
BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER's record against the rest of the country
34 total violations and 13 health-based ones put BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER at the 89th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,451 of 12,903.
How BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER compares within
BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER's 13 health-based violations sit above the average of 11.2, across 244 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER is from 2025-01-10 (health-based: 2009-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,451th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.