Community Water System · PWS KY0440168
Greensburg Water Works
Operator location Greensburg, Kentucky - 24% of 117 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,396 served per SDWIS.
- 2,396
- People served (this PWS)
- 117
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 28
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Greensburg Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
24% of 117 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 24% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #12,289 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Greensburg Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (117), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,396 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 24% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,289 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #257 of 352
- Population · KY
- 117
- Total EPA violations on record
- 24%
- 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
- 1,076
- County
- Green
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 28
- Monitoring Violations
- 75
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 17 | 2003 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 13 | 2007 |
| TTHM | MCL | 11 | 2003 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 1994 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2015 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 4 | 2013 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Asbestos | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Nickel | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 3 | 1993 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Greensburg Water Works has 117 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 24% of this system's own violations are health-based (28 of 117), and it ranks #12,289 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)
117 Higher than most more violations than 76% 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 Greensburg Water Works
28 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KY0440168.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
117 violations · 2,396 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 Greensburg Water Works
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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