What's in WELCH CITY OF's water?
WELCH CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,907 people through 1,009 service connections.
How this compares nationally
WELCH CITY OF has 85 violations on record in total, 17 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,056th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 92th percentile nationally.
How WELCH CITY OF compares within WV
WELCH CITY OF's 17 health-based violations sit above the WV average of 6.4, across 135 systems statewide. 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 WELCH CITY OF is from 2027-07-10 (health-based: 2027-07-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WELCH CITY OF'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: Groundwater Rule; Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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
WELCH CITY OF'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. This record - 17 health-based violations on file for WELCH CITY OF - 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.