Safest Drinking Water in West Virginia 2026
West Virginia has 5 public water systems serving 454,746 people. The safest system is Morgantown Utility Board in Morgantown with a score of 100/100.
Top 5 Water Systems in West Virginia
| # | Water System | City | Pop. Served | Source | Violations | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgantown Utility Board | Morgantown | 64,644 | Surface water | 0 | A (100) |
| 2 | Beckley Water Company | Beckley | 47,386 | Surface water | 0 | A (91) |
| 3 | Wvawc-Kanawha Valley Dist | Charleston | 209,283 | Surface water | 0 | B (80) |
| 4 | Wvawc - Huntington Dist | Charleston | 98,647 | Surface water | 0 | C (77) |
| 5 | Berkeley County Pswd-Potomac River | Martinsburg | 34,786 | Surface water | 0 | C (76) |
Water quality data for West Virginia is sourced from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), which tracks compliance for all public water systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
Morgantown Utility Board in Morgantown has the highest Water Safety Score in West Virginia at 100/100 (Grade A), serving 64,644 people.
West Virginia has 5 public water systems serving 454,746 people. The average Water Safety Score is 85/100.
The Water Safety Score (0-100) is based on health violations (40%), contaminant exceedances (30%), enforcement history (20%), and monitoring violations (10%). Higher scores mean cleaner, safer water.
Water Safety Score: health violations (40%), contaminant exceedances (30%), enforcement history (20%), monitoring violations (10%).
The this entity category groups every U.S. public drinking-water safety entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water, 2026.