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Fairmont tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Fairmont. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Fairmont is served by 8 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 41,202 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 141 violations across the community water system(s) serving Fairmont, going back to the earliest EPA record. 24 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Fairmont City Of
30,586 served · surface water · PWSID WV3302502 - Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between December 2018 and October 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between July 2006 and October 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between October 1994 and January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in September 2005. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Valley Falls Psd
4,042 served · surface water · PWSID WV3302523 - Health-based Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in May 2021. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times between April 2018 and January 2019. The EPA record lists a level of 61 UG/L; the limit (MCL) is 60 UG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Revised Total Coliform Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in October 2017. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between October 2010 and October 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 12 times between December 2017 and September 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between July 2018 and January 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between July 2018 and January 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between July 2017 and July 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between October 2017 and July 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between October 2010 and January 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between September 2017 and December 2017. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Little Creek Psd
2,136 served · surface water · PWSID WV3302510 - Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in December 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 10 times between July 2003 and July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Monumental Psd
1,965 served · surface water · PWSID WV3302517 - Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 6 times between April 2018 and October 2018. The EPA record lists a level of 66 UG/L; the limit (MCL) is 60 UG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times in October 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in November 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 2003 and July 2008. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Ices Run Psd
1,159 served · surface water · PWSID WV3302508 - Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 3 times between April 2018 and October 2018. The EPA record lists a level of 64 UG/L; the limit (MCL) is 60 UG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based TTHM: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in July 2018. The EPA record lists a level of 84 UG/L; the limit (MCL) is 80 UG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in November 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 2006 and July 2009. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 1994. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Downs Psd
1,024 served · surface water · PWSID WV3302501 - Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times between July 2018 and October 2018. The EPA record lists a level of 66 UG/L; the limit (MCL) is 60 UG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between October 2007 and October 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between March 2015 and November 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 2006 and July 2009. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Rayford Acres
194 served · surface water · PWSID WV3302529 - Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between July 2006 and October 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between October 2013 and January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in September 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in September 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in March 2005. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Monumental Psd - Chesapeake
96 served · surface water · PWSID WV3302533 - Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 8 times between April 2018 and April 2022. The EPA record lists a level of 67 UG/L; the limit (MCL) is 60 UG/L. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between November 2018 and May 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2021 and January 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2021 and January 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between July 2003 and July 2009. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.