COWEN PSD

COWEN, WV · ~3,098 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

WV3305103

State

West Virginia

City

COWEN

Population served

3,098

Primary source

Surface water

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

163

Violations on record

Unaddressed

Health-based

249

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Jan 2025. Official EPA record →

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Oct 2024 Resolved

Treatment technique · EPA contaminant 0300 health-based began Mar 2023 Resolved

Other · EPA contaminant 7500 began Feb 2023 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Bromate began Jan 2023 Resolved

Other · EPA contaminant 7500 began Oct 2022 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2968 began Jan 2022 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2380 began Jan 2022 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SOX Jan 2025
State action · SFJ Nov 2024
State action · SO0 Jun 2024
State action · SO0 Jun 2024
State action · SO0 Jun 2024
State action · SIF Oct 2023
State action · SIF Oct 2023
State action · SIF Oct 2023

Area water-quality monitoring

Environmental monitoring (rivers, wells, intakes) recorded in this system’s service area in the EPA/USGS Water Quality Portal since 2018 — source/ambient water, not finished tap water. Context for the watershed, not a reading from your tap.

ContaminantMedian · max · samples

Manganese

2 stations · latest Apr 2023

0.0555 · max 0.36 mg/L · 16

Copper

2 stations · latest Jan 2023

0.0032 · max 0.0045 mg/L · 3

Arsenic

2 stations · latest Jan 2023

0.0012 · max 0.0013 mg/L · 2

Lead

1 station · latest Jan 2023

0.0027 · max 0.0027 mg/L · 1

Source: Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/state agencies). Values are as-reported and aren’t health thresholds.

This profile is built from EPA public records for system WV3305103 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.