WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD: EPA violation history, explained
WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 18,633 people get their water from it, across 9,385 connections.
How this compares nationally
79 total violations and 20 health-based ones put WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD at the 93th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 881 of 12,903.
How WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD compares within WV
Among the 135 WV systems in this dataset, the average is 6.4 health-based violations - WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD's 20 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD 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 WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 881th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.