Community Water System · PWS KY0160294
Morgantown Water System
Operator location Morgantown, Kentucky - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 179 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,628 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,628
- People served (this PWS)
- 179
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 15
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Morgantown Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
179 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 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,522 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Morgantown Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (179), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,628 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,522 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #246 of 352
- Population · KY
- 179
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- 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
- 914
- County
- Butler
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 11
- Monitoring Violations
- 139
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 16 | 2015 |
| Nitrate | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 10 | 2018 |
| Public Notice | Other | 10 | 2015 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 9 | 1999 |
| TTHM | MCL | 7 | 2001 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2014 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 4 | 2024 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 1991 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Benzene | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Toluene | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Styrene | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 1995 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Morgantown Water System has 179 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 179), and it ranks #11,522 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)
179 Higher than most more violations than 84% 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 Morgantown Water System
179 violations on record for KY0160294; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
179 violations · 2,628 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).
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