What's in SUGAR CREEK PSD's water?
SUGAR CREEK PSD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,241 people get their water from it, across 640 connections.
SUGAR CREEK PSD's record against the rest of the country
488 total violations and 9 health-based ones put SUGAR CREEK PSD at the 84th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,035 of 12,903.
How SUGAR CREEK PSD compares within WV
Among the 135 WV systems in this dataset, the average is 6.4 health-based violations - SUGAR CREEK PSD's 9 is above that. 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 SUGAR CREEK PSD is from 2026-02-11 (health-based: 2025-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SUGAR CREEK PSD'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
- 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
This is what SUGAR CREEK PSD 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 SUGAR CREEK PSD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,035th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.