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HOUSE OF BOOMER SEEN FROM ACROSS KANAWHA RIVER. THEY ARE LOCATED NEAR THE UNION CARBIDE FERRO-ALLOY PLANT. TOTAL PLANT EMISSIONS HAVE BEEN REDUCED 97.7 PERCENT SINCE 1967. THE CORPORATION AND THE WEST VIRGINIA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION AGREED TO A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE. EPA STACK SAMPLED PLANT EMISSIONS WHILE DEVELOPING NATIONAL NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. (SEE FICHEPhoto: Schaefer, Harry, Photographer (NARA record: 8464469) · Public domain
The Boomer handbook

Living in Boomer, WV: what to set up and who to call

An EPA health-based violation from 2025 is still open for Kanawha Falls PSD, which supplies Boomer. Boomer has no town government of its own, so Fayette County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Fayette County School District.

Boomer has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Fayette County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Boomer’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Boomer, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Boomer.

Electricity

Power comes from Appalachian Power

Appalachian Power (Appalachian Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Boomer. Its homes paid an average of 17.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $196 a month (its average across West Virginia).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Kanawha Falls PSD

Kanawha Falls PSD supplies almost all of Boomer. It draws surface water and serves 2,547 people in all.

5 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a surface water treatment requirement (Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) ×2, a disinfection byproducts requirement (Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule), a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule), organic carbon removal (total organic carbon), the latest beginning May 2025. 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2025: a surface water treatment requirement (Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule), per EPA’s records.

Lead, 90th percentile0.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 53% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. WV3301037.

Internet

Which providers serve Boomer

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Boomer, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Boomer’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Boomer.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileBoomer has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Boomer kids go to
PK–86 schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Boomer is in Fayette County School District.

Test scores and every school: see Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

No town hall: the county runs things

Boomer is unincorporated, so Fayette County is the local government.

Local governmentFayette CountyBoomer is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereFayette Clerk of the County CommissionElections here are run by Fayette County (county election office). 100 Court St., Ste. 1, P.O. Box 569, Fayetteville, WV 25840 · (304) 574-4225 · [email protected]FVAP, Jul 2021
Register to voteOnlineIn West Virginia you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placeapps.sos.wv.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Boomer is in ZIP code 25031

ZIP codes where Boomer residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of BoomerZIP’s residents in Boomer
25031Boomer, WV100%72%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Boomer

Who supplies Boomer’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Kanawha Falls PSD (EPA ID WV3301037). It reported 5 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a surface water treatment requirement (Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) ×2, a disinfection byproducts requirement (Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule), a surface water treatment requirement (Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule), organic carbon removal (total organic carbon). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.9 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Boomer?

Appalachian Power (Appalachian Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Boomer?

25031. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Boomer in?

Fayette County School District.

How do I register to vote in Boomer?

In West Virginia you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Fayette Clerk of the County Commission. Check your registration at apps.sos.wv.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet (FCC): pending.