What's in CORPORATION OF SHEPHERDSTOWN's water?
CORPORATION OF SHEPHERDSTOWN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,300 people get their water from it, across 1,872 connections.
How this compares nationally
109 total violations and 18 health-based ones put CORPORATION OF SHEPHERDSTOWN at the 92th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 982 of 12,903.
How CORPORATION OF SHEPHERDSTOWN compares within WV
CORPORATION OF SHEPHERDSTOWN's 18 health-based violations sit above the WV average of 6.4, across 135 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 CORPORATION OF SHEPHERDSTOWN is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2016-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CORPORATION OF SHEPHERDSTOWN'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: 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 this data is and is not
This is what CORPORATION OF SHEPHERDSTOWN reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 18 health-based violations on file for CORPORATION OF SHEPHERDSTOWN - 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.