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Hopkins County, Kentucky

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KY107 · Hopkins County 10 sys · 1,359 viol · #874/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 34.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #874/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 80.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 80%
  • SYS-SMALL 10 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, Hopkins County ranks #874 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #15 of 118 counties in Kentucky. See methodology · corpus placement.

Hopkins 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 34.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 80.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #874 of 3,254 · #15 of 118 in Kentucky.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Hopkins County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Hopkins 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
Madisonville Light & Water 28,102 78 Detected
South Hopkins Water District 8,440 67 Detected
Nebo Water District 4,702 79 Detected
North Hopkins Water District 3,725 113 Detected
Dawson Springs Water & Sewer 2,631 214 Clean
Nortonville Water Works 2,611 225 -
Hanson Water System 2,157 150 -
White Plains Water System 1,871 226 -
Earlington Water & Sewer 1,708 171 -
Mortons Gap Water Department 1,485 36 -

Compare beyond Kentucky

Mid-flagged peers for Hopkins County

Cross-state counties nearest Hopkins County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,359). 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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