COTTAGEVILLE PSD: EPA violation history, explained
COTTAGEVILLE PSD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,230, over 1,347 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, COTTAGEVILLE PSD ranks 4,852th by violation burden (62th percentile) - 38 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How COTTAGEVILLE PSD compares within WV
WV's 135 covered systems average 6.4 health-based violations each; COTTAGEVILLE PSD carries 3, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for COTTAGEVILLE PSD is from 2023-01-01 (health-based: 2017-11-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
COTTAGEVILLE 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: Coliform (TCR); Groundwater Rule
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 COTTAGEVILLE PSD 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 - 3 health-based violations on file for COTTAGEVILLE PSD - 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.