Community Water System · PWS KY0040228
Lacenter Municipal Water Co
Operator location Lacenter, Kentucky - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 244 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,291 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,291
- People served (this PWS)
- 244
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Lacenter Municipal Water Co standing, high SDWIS violation third
244 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,247 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Lacenter Municipal Water Co sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (244), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,291 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,247 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #317 of 352
- Population · KY
- 244
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 537
- County
- Ballard
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 209
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 41 | 2005 |
| Public Notice | Other | 14 | 2015 |
| Asbestos | MR | 11 | 2002 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 10 | 2013 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Atrazine | MR | 5 | 1999 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Endothall | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 2011 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Diquat | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Aldicarb | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Aldicarb sulfone | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 4 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Lacenter Municipal Water Co has 244 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 244), and it ranks #17,247 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
244 Higher than most more violations than 88% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Lacenter Municipal Water Co
244 violations on record for KY0040228; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
244 violations · 1,291 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Lacenter Municipal Water Co
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