Public water system · WV9942096

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Alpine Shores - Upper Campground

At a glance

Alpine Shores - Upper Campground (PWSID WV9942096) is an active transient non-community water system in Randolph County, West Virginia. It reports serving 60 people through 52 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDWV9942096

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served60

Service connections52

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyWV state drinking water program

City servedBowden

StateWest Virginia

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CountyRandolph County

How does Alpine Shores - Upper Campground compare with other water systems in Randolph County?

By EPA's size categories, Alpine Shores - Upper Campground is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Randolph County has 29 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 887 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 25,716 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across West Virginia, the 791 active systems average 2,032 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Alpine Shores - Upper Campground is about 58% below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. West Virginia has 309 active transient non-community water systems, 39% of the state's 791 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 468 West Virginia systems (59%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Alpine Shores - Upper Campground?

EPA lists Alpine Shores - Upper Campground as privately owned. The WV state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 12 of the 29 active systems in Randolph County (41%) are also privately owned.

Does Alpine Shores - Upper Campground have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2015 and September 2025. By type: 5 monitoring, 4 monitoring and reporting and 3 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (5 of them). EPA lists 9 as resolved and 3 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Archived
2020-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2017-08-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2017-07-15	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2017-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-02-15	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2016-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Resolved
2016-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2015-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Alpine Shores - Upper Campground: frequently asked questions

Who runs Alpine Shores - Upper Campground?

Alpine Shores - Upper Campground (PWSID WV9942096) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WV state drinking water program.

How many people does Alpine Shores - Upper Campground serve?

Alpine Shores - Upper Campground reports serving 60 people through 52 service connections in Randolph County, West Virginia.

Where does Alpine Shores - Upper Campground get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Alpine Shores - Upper Campground have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Alpine Shores - Upper Campground's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WV state drinking water program.

Where can I find Alpine Shores - Upper Campground's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Alpine Shores - Upper Campground is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Randolph County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Elkins City of	Randolph	9,350	Community	Surface water
Huttonsville Psd	Randolph	4,758	Community	Surface water
Midland Psd	Randolph	3,802	Community	Purchased surface water
Beverly Town of	Randolph	2,268	Community	Surface water
Norton Harding Jimtown Psd	Randolph	1,632	Community	Groundwater
Leadsville Psd	Randolph	1,536	Community	Purchased surface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Alpine Shores - Upper Campground, PWSID WV9942096, West Virginia”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/west-virginia/alpine-shores-upper-campground-wv9942096 (data as of October 1, 2026).