Is CHARLES TOWN UTILITIES's water safe to drink?
CHARLES TOWN UTILITIES had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 15,220 people get their water from it, across 7,195 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
CHARLES TOWN UTILITIES has 213 violations on record in total, 33 of thems health-based - ranking it 492th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 96th percentile nationally.
Against the WV average
Among the 135 WV systems in this dataset, the average is 6.4 health-based violations - CHARLES TOWN UTILITIES's 33 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
CHARLES TOWN UTILITIES's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2026-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
CHARLES TOWN UTILITIES'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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 CHARLES TOWN UTILITIES's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CHARLES TOWN UTILITIES'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 CHARLES TOWN UTILITIES's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 492th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.