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Mason County, Kentucky

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KY161 · Mason County 4 sys · 491 viol · #1547/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.7% health
  • RANK-MID #1547/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% 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, Mason County ranks #1,547 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #48 of 118 counties in Kentucky. See methodology · corpus placement.

Mason 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 7.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,547 of 3,254 · #48 of 118 in Kentucky.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Mason County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Mason 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
Maysville Utility Commission 11,263 178 Detected
Western Lewis Rectorville Water District 6,534 128 Detected
Buffalo Trail Water Assoc 4,514 81 Detected
Western Mason Co Water District 2,994 104 -

Compare beyond Kentucky

Mid-flagged peers for Mason County

Cross-state counties nearest Mason County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (491). 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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