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What is in the water at 24448
3 public water systems serve this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.
IRON GATE, TOWN OF
PWSID VA2005480 · VA · serves 386 people · service area inferred by a model, not supplied by the state
PFAS and lithium
Not sampled for PFAS. EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring covered every system serving more than 3,300 people and only a sample of smaller ones. This system was not in it, so there is no result to show, which is not the same as a result showing nothing.
Health-based violations
No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.
Hardness
No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.
WESGATE
PWSID VA2005950 · VA · serves 288 people · service area inferred by a model, not supplied by the state
PFAS and lithium
Not sampled for PFAS. EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring covered every system serving more than 3,300 people and only a sample of smaller ones. This system was not in it, so there is no result to show, which is not the same as a result showing nothing.
Health-based violations
No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.
Hardness
No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.
WESTERN VIRGINIA WATER AUTHORITY
PWSID VA2770900 · VA · serves 182,700 people
PFAS and lithium
6 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 32 samples.
| Compound | Highest detected | Samples | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| lithium | 23 µg/L | 22 | 9/15/2023 |
| PFOA | 0.0089 µg/L | 1 | 9/11/2023 |
| PFOS | 0.0063 µg/L | 6 | 9/15/2023 |
| PFPeA | 0.0062 µg/L | 1 | 9/14/2023 |
| HFPO-DA | 0.006 µg/L | 1 | 9/11/2023 |
| PFHxA | 0.0043 µg/L | 1 | 9/14/2023 |
A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.
Health-based violations
No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.
Hardness
Median hardness 33 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 5 stations serving this system across 117 results, 2015-01-26 to 2026-06-04. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.
What this report cannot tell you
Every figure describes water at a sampling point: a treatment plant, an entry point to the distribution system, or a monitoring station. None of it describes water arriving at your tap. Plumbing between the two can add lead and copper, and if your home was built before 1986 a test kit tells you something no federal dataset can.
Sources: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence (final release, frozen July 2026) · EPA SDWIS health-based violations · USGS and state monitoring via the Water Quality Portal · EPA Public Water System Service Area Boundaries v3. Compiled 2026-09-01 · 2 of 3 service areas here are modelled.