Physical, compliance, and capital-execution pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.
Munimetric Water System Profile
Morgantown, WV
Drinking Water Infrastructure Profile
Morgantown, WV, West Virginia — Munimetric water system profile with MISI stress score, active compliance signals, infrastructure context, and fiscal pressure indicators. This profile highlights what is happening and why it matters using water-system, fiscal, capital, and signal context.
Morgantown, WV has a MISI infrastructure stress score of 24.8/100 in the Watch band as of 2026-05-28. Public records show surface-water sourcing, PFAS monitoring context, lead and copper compliance context and approximately 64,644 residents served. Updated May 2026.
State context
Current market shown in covered state context. Tile size reflects population served; color reflects stress band.
Current headline composite
Component of current headline composite
Affordability, demand-base, and parent-government fiscal pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.
Staleness, disclosure freshness, and reporting-visibility effects reflected in the blended headline composite.
Monitoring context stored
Water Quality & Supply Context
Public-record context for this system. Stored monitoring and compliance records only. Does not change MISI.
Executive context
What the Data Suggests
Morgantown, WV's drinking-water system serves about 64,644 residents, making it a mid-size system within the coverage universe. At the latest reading, Munimetric flags the system as showing early but meaningful signs of structural stress.
The score is being driven mainly by Operational Stress, which is running high in the model, with Revenue Fragility contributing at a lower level. In other words, Operational Stress is doing most of the heavy lifting in the headline score.
7 active stress signals are attached to this system, including one at high severity. The breadth of active signals, even without concentrated high severity, suggests pressure across more than one dimension.
Within Community · 25k–100k · Surface, this system ranks around the 37th percentile on measured stress, placing it below typical peer-group stress levels.
Recent score history has been relatively steady, consistent with the system's overall profile.
This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.
Analytical posture
Market Stress Analytics
Family Contribution
MISI family contributions for this market.
Peer Position
Where Morgantown sits within its peer cohort.
Score History
Latest
24.8
Trend
+16.8
Observations
54
Structural Indicators
Operational Stress totals 17.073 points, led by compliance escalation.
Capex Pressure totals 3.746 points, led by infrastructure capital gap.
Revenue Fragility totals 3.994 points, led by high-agi out-migration.
Rate Constraint totals 0.000 points with no triggered factors.
Governance Risk totals 0.000 points with no triggered factors.
Stress movement
Diagnostics
Diagnostics & Movement
Compact status for confidence, data coverage, disclosure freshness, and stored score movement. Detailed diagnostic history remains available below.
Confidence
98%
Confidence is mainly capped by service-area mapping quality.
Factor coverage
Complete
All tracked confidence factors are currently available.
Disclosure freshness
Available
Latest reference Oct 24, 2025.
Latest movement
flat 0.0
Compared with May 26, 2026.
Last material movement
-1.2
Recorded Apr 26, 2026.
History
54 observations stored
Latest stored observation May 28, 2026.
Show detailed diagnostic history
Expanded stress diagnostics
Open detailed contribution diagnostics
No detailed factor diagnostics are stored for this profile snapshot.
Confidence summary
Confidence is mainly capped by service-area mapping quality.
Missing factor coverage
No factor gaps are recorded on the latest stored score.
Disclosure freshness diagnostics
3 attached local documents · 3 structured facts
Disclosure freshness is current at 218 days.
Latest reference Oct 24, 2025 · stale after Oct 24, 2026
Score movement
flat 0.0
Previous run May 26, 2026
May 28, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
May 26, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
May 24, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
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May 22, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
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May 21, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
May 19, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
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May 17, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
May 10, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
May 9, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
May 8, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
May 7, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
May 6, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
May 5, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
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May 4, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
May 3, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
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May 2, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
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May 1, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
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Apr 30, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 29, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 28, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 27, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 26, 2026
Score 24.8 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run -1.2
Apr 26, 2026
Score 26.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 25, 2026
Score 26.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 2.0
Apr 24, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 23, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
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Apr 22, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
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Apr 21, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 19, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 18, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 14, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 13, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 10, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 9, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 8, 2026
Score 24.0 in band watch. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 4.0
Apr 7, 2026
Score 20.0 in band stable. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 6, 2026
Score 20.0 in band stable. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 8.0
Apr 5, 2026
Score 12.0 in band stable. Confidence 85%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 5, 2026
Score 12.0 in band stable. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 4, 2026
Score 12.0 in band stable. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 3, 2026
Score 12.0 in band stable. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 3, 2026
Score 12.0 in band stable. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Apr 2, 2026
Score 12.0 in band stable. Confidence 98%.
Delta vs prior run 4.0
Mar 29, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 84%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Mar 25, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 84%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Mar 24, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 77%.
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Mar 22, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 77%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Mar 21, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 77%.
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Mar 20, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 77%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Mar 18, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 77%.
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Mar 16, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 77%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Mar 13, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 77%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Mar 13, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 71%.
Delta vs prior run 0.0
Mar 12, 2026
Score 8.0 in band stable. Confidence 71%.
Signals
Signal Timeline
- Signal
- current drought severity
- Score impact
- Not available
- Resolved
- Active
- Signal
- Monitoring and Reporting Failures
- Score impact
- Not available
- Resolved
- Active
- Signal
- high agi outmigration
- Score impact
- Not available
- Resolved
- Active
- Signal
- climate hazard exposure
- Score impact
- Not available
- Resolved
- Active
- Signal
- high agi outmigration
- Score impact
- Not available
- Resolved
- Apr 7, 2026
- Signal
- climate hazard exposure
- Score impact
- Not available
- Resolved
- Apr 7, 2026
- Signal
- Infrastructure Capital Gap
- Score impact
- Not available
- Resolved
- Active
- Signal
- Utility Data Staleness
- Score impact
- Not available
- Resolved
- Mar 16, 2026
- Signal
- Compliance Escalation
- Score impact
- Not available
- Resolved
- Active
- Signal
- Compliance Escalation
- Score impact
- Not available
- Resolved
- Active
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About Morgantown, WV
Morgantown, WV is a community drinking-water system in West Virginia that Munimetric monitors for infrastructure stress. The current MISI score of 24.8 out of 100 places this system in the watch stress band as of 2026-05-28. The MISI composite reflects five structural risk families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. Higher scores indicate more structural stress.
Data is assembled from EPA SDWA compliance records, American Community Survey demographic and economic indicators, FEMA National Risk Index hazard exposure data, state-reported financial disclosures, and stored public-record water quality context where available. This system serves approximately 64,644 people. The system has 13 recorded compliance violations in the SDWA record. Munimetric does not fabricate data where public records are unavailable. This profile is for structural monitoring and research—not a current-condition determination or credit rating. Updated May 2026.
- What is the Munimetric score for Morgantown, WV?
- The current Munimetric Infrastructure Stress Index (MISI) score for Morgantown, WV is 24.8 out of 100, placing this system in the watch stress band. MISI is a composite of five structural risk families. Higher values indicate more stress. The score is deterministic, source-backed, and updated as new data becomes available.
- Does Morgantown, WV show signs of drinking-water infrastructure stress?
- Munimetric monitors structural stress indicators for Morgantown, WV across operational conditions, capital needs, revenue stability, rate affordability, and governance quality. The current MISI score and active signals shown in this profile reflect the latest available evidence from EPA, ACS, FEMA NRI, and state financial disclosures.
- Does Munimetric rate current tap-water conditions for Morgantown, WV?
- No. Munimetric is not a water testing service and does not make current-condition determinations. This profile tracks structural conditions: compliance posture, financial pressure, infrastructure stress, and governance quality. For current water quality testing results, consult the system's Consumer Confidence Report or contact the local water utility.
- Has Morgantown, WV had a boil water advisory?
- Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisory status, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. This profile tracks structural risk indicators and compliance history that provide long-term context around system reliability.
- Are lead pipes or corrosion risk a concern in Morgantown, WV?
- Where EPA SDWA compliance data includes lead and copper rule monitoring, violations, or enforcement actions, that information feeds into the Operational Stress component of the MISI score. Munimetric does not fabricate lead pipe data where public records are silent.
- Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Morgantown, WV?
- Where stored public records include UCMR or contaminant-monitoring summaries, Munimetric displays PFAS monitoring context as public-record evidence. Missing PFAS summaries are treated as missing records, not as non-detections. This context does not change MISI by itself.
- What source-water context is available for Morgantown, WV?
- Munimetric displays stored source-water and supply context where public drinking-water identity records are available. Source-water context helps explain treatment and supply exposure, but missing source records remain explicit rather than inferred.
- Why might water rates be increasing in Morgantown, WV?
- Rate pressure can reflect capital investment needs, a declining customer base, revenue fragility, affordability constraints, or parent-government fiscal stress. The Rate Constraint and Revenue Fragility score families specifically measure these pressures where data is available from public financial disclosures.
- What does the MISI score mean for Morgantown, WV?
- The MISI score (24.8/100) is a composite measure of structural risk across five families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. The current methodology also downweights factors that are nearly universal or very rare in the frozen national reference population, so one common contextual factor does not dominate the headline by itself. Higher scores indicate more structural stress. It is deterministic and source-backed, not a credit rating.
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