Examine whether contaminants in your water supply met two standards: the legal limits established by the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the typically stricter health guidelines. The data was collected by an advocacy organization, the Environmental Working Group, who shared it with The Times.
Parkersburg Water Dept
- 1 or more tests taken in the month
- 1 or more positive detections
- 1 or more tests above health limit
- 1 or more tests above legal limit
Parkersburg, West Virginia. Serves 36,448 people.
Units: ppb: parts per billion, pCi/L: picocuries per liter, ppm: parts per million, mrem/yr: millirems per year, MFL: million fibers per litre
9 contaminants tested for but not found
Arsenic (total), Barium (total), Beryllium (total), Cadmium (total), Chromium (total), Mercury (total inorganic), Selenium (total), Silver (total), Thallium (total)