Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River water quality

Updated 2026-10-22 · West Virginia · Affiliate disclosure

We read 11 results from Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River’s 2025 water quality report. No results over a legal limit; 3 above a health goal or guideline.

Serves about 34,786 people · Water system ID WV3300218 · Read the district’s 2025 report (opens in a new tab)

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Results from the 2025 report

Each number is copied from the district’s report and links to the page it’s printed on. Where the report lists several plants, wells or purchased water, the highest is shown.

ContaminantResultHealth goalLegal limitWhat it means
Gross alpha (radioactivity)single sample · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2024 · Treated water · 2025 report, page 40.19 pCi/L0 pCi/L15 pCi/LAbove the health goalThe health goal is zero
Lead90th percentile of 30 homes tested, 0 over the action level · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 41.8 ppb0.2 ppb15 ppb (action level)Above the health goal9x the health goal
Radium (combined 226 + 228)single sample · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2024 · Treated water · 2025 report, page 40.39 pCi/L0 pCi/L5 pCi/LAbove the health goalThe health goal is zero
Bariumsingle sample · listed as a violation in the report · Treated water · 2025 report, page 40.04 ppm2 ppm2 ppmBelow the health goal
Chlorinehighest running annual average · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 41.7 ppmNone set4 ppmBelow the legal limit
Copper90th percentile of 30 homes tested, 0 over the action level · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 40.19 ppm0.3 ppm1.3 ppm (action level)Below the health goal
Disinfection byproducts (HAA5)highest running annual average · range 18.8 to 54.1 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system (Camp Frame Sample Station) · 2025 report, page 434 ppbNone set60 ppbBelow the legal limit
Disinfection byproducts (TTHM)highest running annual average · range 24.2 to 67.8 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system (Camp Frame Sample Station) · 2025 report, page 469 ppbNone set80 ppbBelow the legal limit
Fluoridehighest measured · range 0.55 to 0.74 · listed as a violation in the report · Treated water · 2025 report, page 40.74 ppm1 ppm4 ppmBelow the health goal
Nitrate (as N)single sample · listed as a violation in the report · Treated water · 2025 report, page 40.36 ppm10 ppm10 ppmBelow the health goal
Sodiumsingle sample · Treated water · 2025 report, page 58.7 ppmNone setNoneNo health limit

Utility results describe the whole system, measured where water enters the pipes, not your tap. Your home’s plumbing can add lead or copper.

What you can do

Nothing here is an emergency notice: if the district has a violation, it must tell customers directly. If you’d like to lower these at your tap, these are the treatments that remove them, and the catalog shows the models certified for each. Ranking is by certified removal; commissions never change the order.

Radium and uranium

Found: Gross alpha (radioactivity), Radium (combined 226 + 228)

What removes it: Reverse osmosis.

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Lead

Found: Lead

What removes it: Certified carbon block or RO.

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