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Lead in Kentucky drinking water

367 community water systems tested

1.1%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(4/367)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
CUNNINGHAM WATER DISTRICT 475 0.0285 mg/L
GARDEN CITY MOBILE HOME PARK COLUMBUS 140 0.0185 mg/L
MAMMOTH CAVE/CENTRAL SYSTEM 5,000 0.0174 mg/L
LIBERTY WATER WORKS 2,302 0.0152 mg/L
LOCUST VALLEY MOBILE EST 94 0.0147 mg/L
REID VILLAGE WATER DISTRICT 2,545 0.0137 mg/L
CAVELAND ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY, INC. 3,264 0.0134 mg/L
LEWISBURG WATER WORKS 3,119 0.0132 mg/L
BARLOW WATER SYSTEM 1,040 0.0122 mg/L
GRAVES CO WATER DIST - SOUTH GRAVES 1,844 0.0120 mg/L
LACENTER MUNICIPAL WATER CO 1,291 0.0118 mg/L
MILTON WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT 3,861 0.0117 mg/L
WICKLIFFE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM 1,264 0.0115 mg/L
LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY 806,997 0.0113 mg/L
STANFORD WATER WORKS 9,284 0.0110 mg/L
SMITHLAND WATER & SEWER 989 0.0108 mg/L
HARDINSBURG RO WTP 18,437 0.0106 mg/L
RIVERSIDE 25 LLC 49 0.0106 mg/L
SALEM MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM 1,241 0.0105 mg/L
GRAVES CO WATER DIST - FANCY FARM 1,301 0.0105 mg/L
SHELBYVILLE WATER & SEWER COMMISSION 23,760 0.0100 mg/L
LONDON UTILITY COMMISSION 8,855 0.0100 mg/L
CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS 6,798 0.0100 mg/L
CARROLL CO WATER DISTRICT #1 5,934 0.0100 mg/L
JUDY WATER ASSOCIATION 5,539 0.0100 mg/L
MT VERNON WATER WORKS 4,951 0.0100 mg/L
BEAVER DAM MUNICIPAL WATER & SEWER 3,901 0.0100 mg/L
KEVIL WATER DEPARTMENT 1,782 0.0100 mg/L
SEBREE WATER DEPARTMENT 1,743 0.0100 mg/L
LYNCH WATER WORKS 1,078 0.0100 mg/L
WINGO WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT 965 0.0100 mg/L
DRY RIDGE WATER WORKS COMMISSION 2,400 0.0099 mg/L
MARION COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 16,311 0.0098 mg/L
HARDIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #2 76,326 0.0097 mg/L
GRAVES CO WATER DIST - HARDEMAN 1,006 0.0096 mg/L
GRAVES CO WATER DIST - HICKORY 4,069 0.0096 mg/L
KUTTAWA WATER DEPARTMENT 1,143 0.0096 mg/L
WARSAW WATER WORKS 1,988 0.0096 mg/L
ARLINGTON WATER DEPARTMENT 301 0.0095 mg/L
SEYMOUR WATER PLANT, LP SEYMOUR 1,560 0.0094 mg/L
CARROLLTON UTILITIES 6,851 0.0093 mg/L
TRENTON WATER WORKS 950 0.0093 mg/L
MORGAN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 7,502 0.0092 mg/L
SOUTH LOGAN WATER ASSOCIATION 5,198 0.0091 mg/L
NORTH MERCER WATER DISTRICT 9,775 0.0090 mg/L
WHITESVILLE WATER WORKS 3,672 0.0090 mg/L
TRIMBLE CO WATER DISTRICT #1 4,146 0.0089 mg/L
ASHLAND WATER WORKS 44,402 0.0088 mg/L
FREDONIA WATER DEPARTMENT 1,040 0.0087 mg/L
BARKLEY LAKE WATER DISTRICT 14,284 0.0087 mg/L
LYON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 6,744 0.0086 mg/L
FALMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT 3,861 0.0086 mg/L
OHIO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 16,511 0.0085 mg/L
SPRINGFIELD WATER WORKS 13,205 0.0085 mg/L
EDMONTON WATER WORKS 8,515 0.0085 mg/L
IRVINGTON WATER SYSTEM 1,627 0.0083 mg/L
KENTUCKY AMERICAN WATER - EASTERN ROCKCA 2,165 0.0083 mg/L
HODGENVILLE WATER WORKS 4,629 0.0082 mg/L
SYMSONIA WATER DISTRICT 1,810 0.0081 mg/L
CADIZ MUNICIPAL WATER CO 6,165 0.0080 mg/L
MUNFORDVILLE WATER DEPT 2,109 0.0080 mg/L
VINE GROVE WATER DEPARTMENT 6,703 0.0080 mg/L
FLEMING-NEON WATER COMPANY 3,212 0.0078 mg/L
LAKE VILLAGE WATER ASSOCIATION 6,855 0.0077 mg/L
BRACKEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 6,456 0.0077 mg/L
BURNSIDE WATER COMPANY 2,284 0.0077 mg/L
BROOKSVILLE UTILITY 977 0.0076 mg/L
COLUMBUS WATER WORKS 300 0.0076 mg/L
CAMPBELLSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER 24,874 0.0076 mg/L
JESSAMINE S ELKHORN WATER DIST 8,826 0.0075 mg/L
LAKE KISSIMMEE MHP LAKE WALES 35 0.0073 mg/L
DRY FORK POINTE MHP 230 0.0072 mg/L
NE WOODFORD CO WATER DISTRICT 2,644 0.0072 mg/L
DOE VALLEY UTILITIES INC 2,260 0.0072 mg/L
GRAVES CO WATER DIST - SEDALIA 371 0.0072 mg/L
MURRAY WATER SYSTEM 26,302 0.0071 mg/L
WEST SHELBY WATER DISTRICT 6,994 0.0071 mg/L
ADAIRVILLE WATER WORKS 787 0.0071 mg/L
CYNTHIANA MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS 7,263 0.0071 mg/L
WATER SERVICE CORP OF KENTUCKY 1,633 0.0070 mg/L
MARTIN CO WATER DISTRICT #1 9,003 0.0070 mg/L
ISLAND WATER DEPARTMENT 1,512 0.0070 mg/L
MT CARMEL HIGH BOARDING SCHOOL 100 0.0070 mg/L
NORTHERN KENTUCKY WATER DISTRICT 259,949 0.0070 mg/L
LEDBETTER WATER DISTRICT 2,729 0.0069 mg/L
WHEELWRIGHT UTILITY COMMISSION 834 0.0069 mg/L
BARDWELL CITY UTILITIES 1,227 0.0069 mg/L
TAYLORSVILLE WATER WORKS 22,286 0.0069 mg/L
WORTHINGTON MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS 1,673 0.0068 mg/L
JAMESTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS 7,402 0.0068 mg/L
STELLA TRAILER PARK 74 0.0067 mg/L
RUSSELL SPRINGS WATER & SEWER 9,409 0.0067 mg/L
PROVIDENCE WATER WORKS 4,538 0.0067 mg/L
BRODHEAD WATER WORKS 1,613 0.0067 mg/L
BROWNSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM 1,441 0.0067 mg/L
BENHAM WATER PLANT 855 0.0067 mg/L
CHRISTIAN CO WATER DISTRICT 17,248 0.0067 mg/L
NORTH SHELBY WATER DISTRICT 14,660 0.0066 mg/L
WILLIAMSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT 5,495 0.0066 mg/L
HINDMAN MUN WATER WORKS 1,883 0.0066 mg/L