Is NEW CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION's water safe to drink?
NEW CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,163 people get their water from it, across 1,398 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NEW CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION ranks 4,153th by violation burden (68th percentile) - 25 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
How NEW CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION compares within WV
NEW CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION's 4 health-based violations sit within 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 NEW CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2020-02-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NEW CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION'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; Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
- 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 this data is and is not
This is what NEW CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION 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 - 4 health-based violations on file for NEW CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION - 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.