Is ST ALBANS WATER's water safe to drink?
ST ALBANS WATER had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 13,758, over 6,384 connections.
ST ALBANS WATER's record against the rest of the country
100 total violations and 2 health-based ones put ST ALBANS WATER at the 55th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,775 of 12,903.
How ST ALBANS WATER compares within WV
ST ALBANS WATER's 2 health-based violations sit within the WV average of 6.4, across 135 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ST ALBANS WATER is from 2027-03-11 (health-based: 2025-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ST ALBANS WATER'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 this data is and is not
ST ALBANS WATER's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and ST ALBANS WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,775th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.