Is OCEANA COMMUNITY OF's water safe to drink?
OCEANA COMMUNITY OF has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 3,796 people through 1,575 service connections.
OCEANA COMMUNITY OF's record against the rest of the country
OCEANA COMMUNITY OF has 199 violations on record in total, 41 of thems health-based - ranking it 362th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 97th percentile nationally.
How OCEANA COMMUNITY OF compares within WV
Among the 135 WV systems in this dataset, the average is 6.4 health-based violations - OCEANA COMMUNITY OF's 41 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for OCEANA COMMUNITY OF is from 2027-11-01 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
OCEANA COMMUNITY 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment 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
Everything on this page is OCEANA COMMUNITY OF'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 OCEANA COMMUNITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 362th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.