Is RICHWOOD WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
RICHWOOD WATER DEPT 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 2,480 people through 1,046 service connections.
How this compares nationally
113 total violations and 9 health-based ones put RICHWOOD WATER DEPT at the 84th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,064 of 12,903.
How RICHWOOD WATER DEPT compares within WV
WV's 135 covered systems average 6.4 health-based violations each; RICHWOOD WATER DEPT carries 9, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for RICHWOOD WATER DEPT is from 2027-04-02 (health-based: 2026-05-03). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RICHWOOD WATER DEPT'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what RICHWOOD WATER DEPT 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. Between the utility's meter and RICHWOOD WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,064th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.