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West Virginia Water Quality: 17 Cities Ranked by the Records

Water quality across 17 cities in West Virginia, drawn from EPA drinking-water records. Each city page shows the measured contaminants and a reproducible Purity Score.

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What West Virginia's records show

Counts of cities whose serving system reported each result. There is no statewide score: PurityMap does not average local records into a statewide safety verdict.

City rankings

West Virginia cities ranked by the records

Highest first. A summary of each serving system’s record, not a safety verdict.

  1. 1
    Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac RiverBERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER · WV3300218
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  2. 2
    MorgantownMORGANTOWN UTILITY BOARD · WV3303111
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  3. 3
    Putnam P S DPUTNAM P S D · WV3304011
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  4. 4
    ClarksburgCLARKSBURG WATER BOARD · WV3301705
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  5. 5
    FairmontFAIRMONT CITY OF · WV3302502
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  6. 6
    St. AlbansST ALBANS WATER · WV3302031
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    MartinsburgMARTINSBURG CITY OF · WV3300212
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  8. 8
    ViennaVIENNA · WV3305411
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  9. 9
    Charles TownCHARLES TOWN UTILITIES · WV3301905
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  10. 10
    LewisburgLEWISBURG · WV3301307
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17 cities, highest Purity Score first

  1. 1Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River
    BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER · PWSID WV3300218 · Purity Score 100/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detectedNot detected
  2. 2Morgantown
    MORGANTOWN UTILITY BOARD · PWSID WV3303111 · Purity Score 100/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 0.38 µg/LDetected
  3. 3Putnam P S D
    PUTNAM P S D · PWSID WV3304011 · Purity Score 100/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detectedNot detected
  4. 4Clarksburg
    CLARKSBURG WATER BOARD · PWSID WV3301705 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1.3 µg/LDetected
  5. 5Fairmont
    FAIRMONT CITY OF · PWSID WV3302502 · Purity Score 97/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 2.3 µg/LDetected
  6. 6St. Albans
    ST ALBANS WATER · PWSID WV3302031 · Purity Score 96/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1.3 µg/LDetected
  7. 7Martinsburg
    MARTINSBURG CITY OF · PWSID WV3300212 · Purity Score 95/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    PFAS detected, none above a limit; lead 2.55 µg/LDetected
  8. 8Vienna
    VIENNA · PWSID WV3305411 · Purity Score 95/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    PFBA 7.5 ng/L detected, no federal or state limit; lead 4.6 µg/LDetected
  9. 9Charles Town
    CHARLES TOWN UTILITIES · PWSID WV3301905 · Purity Score 92/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 0.6 µg/LDetected
  10. 10Lewisburg
    LEWISBURG · PWSID WV3301307 · Purity Score 88/100 (Good) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 3 µg/LDetected
  11. 11Wheeling
    WHEELING · PWSID WV3303516 · Purity Score 74/100 (Fair) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    PFAS detected below their limitsDetected
  12. 12Logan County Psd - Northern
    LOGAN COUNTY PSD - NORTHERN REGIONAL · PWSID WV3302364 · Purity Score 74/100 (Fair) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detectedNot detected
Showing 12 of 17.

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no state 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. See how West Virginia compares with other states.

By contaminant

PFAS and lead in West Virginia

Counties

West Virginia counties

9 counties with city reports
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Largest water systems

  • BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVERBerkeley County Pswd-Potomac River · WV3300218 · 69,372 served
  • MORGANTOWN UTILITY BOARDMorgantown · WV3303111 · 66,851 served
  • PARKERSBURG UTILITY BOARDParkersburg · WV3305407 · 34,251 served
  • FAIRMONT CITY OFFairmont · WV3302502 · 30,586 served
  • WHEELINGWheeling · WV3303516 · 29,899 served
  • PUTNAM P S DPutnam P S D · WV3304011 · 26,410 served
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How does West Virginia tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 17 cities in West Virginia 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 Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River's main water system: BERKELEY COUNTY PSWD-POTOMAC RIVER · PWSID WV3300218 · Purity Score 100 (Excellent) · 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 West Virginia cities have PFAS above the federal limit?

4 cities of 17 had at least one regulated PFAS (PFOA, PFOS or PFHxS) measured above the 2024 federal limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing, including Lubeck Psd (PFOA 179.5 ng/L), Parkersburg (PFOA 46.5 ng/L), Weirton Area (PFOS 8.2 ng/L). PFAS were detected at any level in 7.

Is there lead in West Virginia tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 12 of 17 West Virginia 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.

Limits, sources and corrections

A statewide page cannot tell you what reaches a specific address. Water quality varies by supplier, sampling period and household plumbing; open a city report for the evidence behind a local result.

Sources: EPA UCMR 5 (PFAS, 2024), SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule 90th-percentile results and health-based violations, and utility Consumer Confidence Reports where on file. Every city report links its dated source records.

Updated 2026-09-16. How PurityMap analyzes water data · Report an error