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Madison County, Kentucky

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KY151 · Madison County 6 sys · 1,012 viol · #615/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 18.3% health
  • RANK-TOP #615/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 20.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • 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, Madison County ranks #615 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 118 counties in Kentucky. See methodology · corpus placement.

Madison 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 18.3% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 20.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #615 of 3,254 · #9 of 118 in Kentucky.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Madison County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Madison 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
Richmond Utilities 35,640 171 Clean
Madison Co Utilities District 25,120 103 Clean
Southern Madison Water District 14,707 76 Clean
Berea Municipal Utilities 9,972 337 Clean
Kirksville Water Association 5,940 33 Detected
Blue Grass Army Depot 500 292 -

Compare beyond Kentucky

Mid-flagged peers for Madison County

Cross-state counties nearest Madison County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,012). 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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