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Williamstown Municipal Water Dept

Operator location Dry Ridge, Kentucky - 56% of 180 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 5,495 served per SDWIS.

5,495
People served (this PWS)
180
EPA violations (this PWS)
101
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Williamstown Municipal Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third

56% of 180 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 56% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #7,278 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Williamstown Municipal Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (180), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (5,495; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 56% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#7,278 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#175 of 352
Population · KY
180
Total EPA violations on record
56%
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
1,983
County
Grant
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
91
Monitoring Violations
51
Treatment Tech Violations
10

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 71 2016
TTHM MCL 17 2016
Coliform (TCR) MR 14 2014
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 10 2016
CARBON, TOTAL TT 10 2011
Public Notice Other 8 2015
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 7 2014
CARBON, TOTAL MR 7 2006
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 5 2016
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2004
Chlorite MR 4 2016
Asbestos MR 4 2002
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 3 1995
Coliform (TCR) MCL 3 1993

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Williamstown Municipal Water Dept has 180 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 56% of this system's own violations are health-based (101 of 180), and it ranks #7,278 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)

180 Higher than most more violations than 84% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFUnA 7/31/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/31/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/31/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 7/31/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 7/31/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 7/31/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 6/26/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 6/26/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 6/26/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/15/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/15/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/15/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/15/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 3/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 3/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 3/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 3/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 3/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 3/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 3/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 3/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 3/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 3/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 3/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 3/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 3/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Williamstown Municipal Water Dept

101 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KY0410472.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

180 violations · 5,495 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Williamstown Municipal Water Dept

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Kentucky compares on the same EPA violation measures. Kentucky systems
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater