Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River, WV Water Quality
What's in Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River's water?
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. 69,372 people get their water from it, across 29,193 connections.
How this compares nationally
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.
Against the WV average
Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River's 13 health-based violations sit above the WV average of 6.1, across 162 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
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 Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River's record does not cover
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. This record - 13 health-based violations on file for Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.