Public EPA test results
Can you drink Parkersburg tap water? What EPA records show
EPA WV3305407 · serves Parkersburg, WV · about 34,251 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Parkersburg Utility Board (EPA WV3305407)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Parkersburg's main utility, Parkersburg Utility Board: 2 health-based violations since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Parkersburg Utility Board, as of October 14, 2026
2 health-based violations since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0.44 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Dec 31, 2028). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 2.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Parkersburg Utility Board use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Parkersburg Utility Board's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)