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Edmonson County, Kentucky

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KY061 · Edmonson County 3 sys · 817 viol · #1598/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.6% health
  • RANK-MID #1598/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 3 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, Edmonson County ranks #1,598 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #52 of 118 counties in Kentucky. See methodology · corpus placement.

Edmonson 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 17.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,598 of 3,254 · #52 of 118 in Kentucky.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Edmonson County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Edmonson 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
Edmonson Co Water District 17,848 667 Clean
Mammoth Cave/Central System 5,000 57 Clean
Brownsville Municipal Water System 1,441 93 -

Compare beyond Kentucky

Mid-flagged peers for Edmonson County

Cross-state counties nearest Edmonson County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (817). 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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