What's in SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT's water?
SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,296, over 2,208 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT has 30 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,922th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 62th percentile nationally.
Against the WV average
SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT's 3 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
SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-03-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover
This is what SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT 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 SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,922th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.