Updated 2026-09-16

County water report

Hancock County Water Quality

Name: Hancock County Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hancock County, West Virginia: one city report built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

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Across the county's systems

Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD4.0 ng/L federal MCL (2024) · US EPA8.2 ng/L

WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD8.2 ng/LSample date: 2024-02-12 to 2024-11-25

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD4.0 ng/L federal MCL (2024) · US EPA4.1 ng/L

WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD4.1 ng/LSample date: 2024-02-12 to 2024-11-25

Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD10 ng/L federal MCL (2024) · US EPA7 ng/L

WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD7 ng/LSample date: 2024-02-12 to 2024-11-25

Lead (90th percentile)WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD15 µg/L federal action level · US EPA0.74 µg/L

WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD0.74 µg/LMonitoring period: 2022–2024

Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD2,000 ng/L EPA health advisory (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPA3.4 ng/L

WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD3.4 ng/LSample date: 2024-02-12 to 2024-11-25

Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD400,000 ng/L Michigan EGLE state MCL (strictest US state) · Michigan EGLE3.1 ng/L

WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD3.1 ng/LSample date: 2024-02-12 to 2024-11-25

Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARDNo federal or state limit; shown for transparency3.3 ng/L

WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD3.3 ng/LSample date: 2024-02-12 to 2024-11-25

24 substances tested, none detected in this systemShow

Tested in this system: WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD

11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
Lithium
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)

1 city

Cities ranked by the records

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WeirtonWEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD
PFAS above limitLead below action level
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Showing 1 of 1 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Hancock County1 of 1 city reports a regulated PFAS above the federal limit

Weirton8.2 ng/L

4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in West Virginia

Lead

0of 1 city above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in West Virginia

Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

WeirtonWEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD · WV3300516
19,676 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Hancock County tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 1 city in Hancock County by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is Weirton's main water system: WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD · PWSID WV3300516 · Purity Score 50 (Poor) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Hancock County cities have PFAS above the federal limit?

1 city of 1 had at least one regulated PFAS (PFOA, PFOS or PFHxS) measured above the 2024 federal limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing, including Weirton (PFOS 8.2 ng/L). PFAS were detected at any level in 1.

Is there lead in Hancock County tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 1 of 1 Hancock County cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

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