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Sugar Grove Research Station

At a glance

Sugar Grove Research Station (PWSID WV9936053) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Pendleton County, West Virginia. It reports serving 70 people through 8 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by the federal government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDWV9936053

System typeNon-transient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served70

Service connections8

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeFederal government

Primacy agencyWV state drinking water program

City servedSugar Grove

StateWest Virginia

ZIP—

CountyPendleton County

How does Sugar Grove Research Station compare with other water systems in Pendleton County?

By EPA's size categories, Sugar Grove Research Station is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Pendleton County has 17 active public water systems. Its population served is about 66% below the county average of 204 people per system, and accounts for 2% of the 3,472 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across West Virginia, the 791 active systems average 2,032 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Sugar Grove Research Station is well below that figure.

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

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. West Virginia has 55 active non-transient non-community water systems, 7% 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 Sugar Grove Research Station?

EPA lists Sugar Grove Research Station as owned by the federal government. 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. 2 of the 17 active systems in Pendleton County (12%) are also owned by the federal government.

Does Sugar Grove Research Station have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025. The violations listed here began between September 2016 and December 2025. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Lead and Copper Rule (4 of them). EPA lists 5 as archived, 4 as unaddressed and 3 as resolved. 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. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-12-30	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Unaddressed
2025-04-01	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Unaddressed
2024-03-31	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Unaddressed
2023-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Archived
2022-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Archived
2020-04-02	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Oxamylcode 2036	No	Archived
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Carbofurancode 2046	No	Archived
2019-11-16	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2018-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2017-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Alachlor (Lasso)code 2051	No	Archived
2016-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	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.

Sugar Grove Research Station: frequently asked questions

Who runs Sugar Grove Research Station?

Sugar Grove Research Station (PWSID WV9936053) is a non-transient non-community water system owned by the federal government. It is regulated by the WV state drinking water program.

How many people does Sugar Grove Research Station serve?

Sugar Grove Research Station reports serving 70 people through 8 service connections in Pendleton County, West Virginia.

Where does Sugar Grove Research Station 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 Sugar Grove Research Station 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 December 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 Sugar Grove Research Station'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 December 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WV state drinking water program.

Where can I find Sugar Grove Research Station's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Sugar Grove Research Station is a non-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 Pendleton County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Franklin Municipality of	Pendleton	1,402	Community	Surface water
Pendleton Co Psd(Brandywine)	Pendleton	692	Community	Surface water
Pendleton Co Psd-Upper Tract	Pendleton	633	Community	Groundwater under influence of surface water
Pendleton Co Psd-Us 220 North	Pendleton	156	Community	Purchased surface water
Pendleton County Psd Riverton	Pendleton	130	Community	Groundwater
Pendleton Co Psd-Circleville	Pendleton	84	Community	Groundwater

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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, “Sugar Grove Research Station, PWSID WV9936053, West Virginia”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/west-virginia/sugar-grove-research-station-wv9936053 (data as of October 1, 2026).