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Bell County, Kentucky

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KY013 · Bell County 6 sys · 1,345 viol · #1401/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.6% health
  • RANK-MID #1401/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 50%
  • SYS-TINY 6 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Jefferson County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bell County ranks #1,401 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #40 of 118 counties in Kentucky. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bell County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,401 of 3,254 · #40 of 118 in Kentucky.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Bell County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Bell County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Ballard · lowest Robertson · highest Fayette · near Warren · near 83.3% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Pineville Water System 16,573 734 Clean
Water Service Corporation of Kentucky 12,022 34 Clean
Bell County Forestry Camp 275 456 -
Fonde Water System 65 34 -
Cumberland Gap Nhp/Pinnacle 50 47 -
Cumberland Gap Nhp/Hensley 25 40 -

Compare beyond Kentucky

Mid-flagged peers for Bell County

Cross-state counties nearest Bell County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,345). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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