What's in ELKINS CITY OF's water?

ELKINS CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 9,350 people get their water from it, across 4,256 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

ELKINS CITY OF has 47 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,462th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 42th percentile nationally.

Against the WV average

Among the 135 WV systems in this dataset, the average is 6.4 health-based violations - ELKINS CITY OF's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

ELKINS CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2000-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.

The concern categories on record

ELKINS CITY OF'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)

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 ELKINS CITY OF's record does not cover

This is what ELKINS CITY OF 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 47 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.