Is SUMMERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER's water safe to drink?
SUMMERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,574, over 2,804 connections.
SUMMERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER's record against the rest of the country
24 total violations and 2 health-based ones put SUMMERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER at the 52th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,156 of 12,903.
How SUMMERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER compares within WV
WV's 135 covered systems average 6.4 health-based violations each; SUMMERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER carries 2, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SUMMERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER is from 2025-01-03 (health-based: 2015-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SUMMERSVILLE MUNICIPAL 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 SUMMERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER 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 SUMMERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,156th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.