What's in SPENCER WATER DEPT's water?
SPENCER WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,630 people through 2,030 service connections.
How this compares nationally
SPENCER WATER DEPT has 25 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,544th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 73th percentile nationally.
Against the WV average
Among the 135 WV systems in this dataset, the average is 6.4 health-based violations - SPENCER WATER DEPT's 5 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
SPENCER WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
SPENCER 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); 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 SPENCER WATER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is SPENCER WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for SPENCER WATER DEPT - 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.