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West Virginia Forum on Statewide Water Sampling
ProgramsMarch 17, 2009

• Review of West Virginias SDWA
• Data Availability
• By Rick Shaver Geologist III

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Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

• West Virginia has the primary SDWA enforcement
  authority.
• Lead Agency in West Virginia -DHHR/BPH/OEHS/EED
• Under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water
  Act (SDWA), EPA sets standards for approximately
  90 contaminants in drinking water.

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Standards were established for

• Inorganic
• Alkalinity, Nitrate, pH, etc.
• Microbiological
• Turbidity, Total Fecal Coliform, E. coli.
• Volatile Organics
• Benzene, Toluene, Xylene.
• Metals
• Aluminum, Arsenic, Lead, etc.
• Synthetic Organics
• Chlordane, Toxaphene, PCBs.

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Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

• For each of these contaminants, EPA sets a legal
  limit, called a maximum contaminant level, or
  requires a certain treatment.
• Water suppliers may not provide water that
  doesn't meet these standards.
• Public Water Supply Systems must submit finished
  water quality data to the state.

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Active Public Water Systems in West Virginia

• Population of West Virginia 1.8 million with
  1.4 million served by Public Water Supplies.
• Public water systems include the following
• Community water systems
• Non-community non-transient water systems
• Non-community transient water systems
• Community Systems 329
• 184 Groundwater
• 128 Surface Water (76 of population)
• 17 GWUDI
• Non-Community System 641
• 619 Groundwater
• 14 Surface Water
• 8 GWUDI

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Drinking Water WatchComing Soon to West Virginia

• Drinking Water Watch will provide online
  information on the quality of water produced by
  community water supplies in West Virginia.
• The Drinking Water Watch Web Portal will allow
  citizens to directly access drinking water
  monitoring data and other information for
  community water systems in West Virginia. The
  information is of interest not only to consumers
  of the water supply but nearby private well
  owners can also quickly check on potential
  contamination threats.
• Although water supplies are required to directly
  notify customers of any violations of federal
  drinking water standards and provide an annual
  Consumer Confidence Report, the web site
  increases the accessibility of information to the
  public.
• Anticipate late 2009 or early 2010 for release.

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http//www.epa.gov/enviro/html/sdwis/
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http//www.epa.gov/enviro/html/sdwis/
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• West Virginia
• Bureau for Public Health
• Office of Environmental Health Services
• Environmental Engineering Division
• Charleston, WV 25301
• [phone]
• http//www.wvdhhr.org/oehs

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Thank You

• Rick Shaver
• Richard.K.Shaver_at_wv.gov
• 304/558-6744