Community Water System · PWS KY0280267
Marion Water Department
Operator location Marion, Kentucky - 60% of 181 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 3,039 served per SDWIS.
- 3,039
- People served (this PWS)
- 181
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 109
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Marion Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third
60% of 181 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 60% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,504 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Marion Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (181), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,039 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 60% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,504 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #231 of 352
- Population · KY
- 181
- Total EPA violations on record
- 60%
- 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
- 1,962
- County
- Crittenden
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 81
- Monitoring Violations
- 62
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 28
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 41 | 2022 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 32 | 2006 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 20 | 2005 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 11 | 2007 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 1994 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 8 | 2005 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 8 | 2017 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 4 | 2004 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2021 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2011 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Atrazine | MCL | 4 | 1996 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 1993 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2005 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Marion Water Department has 181 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 60% of this system's own violations are health-based (109 of 181), and it ranks #10,504 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)
181 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
Health-based violations on Marion Water Department
109 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KY0280267.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
181 violations · 3,039 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 Marion Water Department
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