BLUEWELL PSD: EPA violation history, explained
BLUEWELL PSD has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 6,216 people get their water from it, across 3,022 connections.
BLUEWELL PSD's record against the rest of the country
BLUEWELL PSD has 183 violations on record in total, 34 of thems health-based - ranking it 470th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 96th percentile nationally.
Against the WV average
BLUEWELL PSD's 34 health-based violations sit above the WV average of 6.4, across 135 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
BLUEWELL PSD's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-01-02, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
BLUEWELL PSD'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: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Revised Total Coliform Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- 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 BLUEWELL PSD's record does not cover
BLUEWELL PSD'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 BLUEWELL PSD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 470th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.