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Christian County, Kentucky

4 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 89,360 people in Christian County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

4
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
404
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
66.7%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (3 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KY047 · Christian County 4 sys · 404 viol · #628/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 16.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #628/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 75%
  • SYS-TINY 4 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, Christian County ranks #628 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 of 118 counties in Kentucky. See methodology · corpus placement.

Christian 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 16.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #628 of 3,254 · #10 of 118 in Kentucky.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Christian County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Christian 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
Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority 41,350 201 Detected
Fort Campbell 22,000 30 -
Christian Co Water District 17,248 47 Clean
Oak Grove Utilities Office 8,762 126 Detected

Compare beyond Kentucky

Mid-flagged peers for Christian County

Cross-state counties nearest Christian County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (404). 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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