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Greenup County, Kentucky

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KY089 · Greenup County 7 sys · 1,573 viol · #1099/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 27.3% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1099/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 86%
  • SYS-TINY 7 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, Greenup County ranks #1,099 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #24 of 118 counties in Kentucky. See methodology · corpus placement.

Greenup 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 27.3% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,099 of 3,254 · #24 of 118 in Kentucky.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Greenup County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Greenup 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
Greenup Water System 12,193 414 Clean
Flatwoods Water Company 9,649 101 Detected
City of South Shore Water Works 6,798 545 Detected
Russell Water Company 5,181 328 Clean
Raceland Water System 3,201 41 -
Wurtland Water Department 1,815 82 -
Worthington Municipal Water Works 1,673 62 -

Compare beyond Kentucky

Mid-flagged peers for Greenup County

Cross-state counties nearest Greenup County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,573). 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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