Community Water System · PWS KY0480028
Benham Water Plant
Operator location Benham, Kentucky - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 855 people served; 133 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 855
- People served (this PWS)
- 133
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 23
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Benham Water Plant standing, high SDWIS violation third
855 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #21,687 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Benham Water Plant sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (133), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (855; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #21,687 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #342 of 352
- Population · KY
- 133
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- 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
- 314
- County
- Harlan
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 86
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 23
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 32 | 2021 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 28 | 2021 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 17 | 2007 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 8 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2020 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 1993 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2016 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Public Notice | Other | 3 | 2025 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 2 | 2025 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1985 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1985 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1985 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1985 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1985 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1985 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1985 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Benham Water Plant has 133 recorded EPA violations, 79% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (23 of 133), and it ranks #21,687 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)
133 Higher than most more violations than 79% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEtFOSAA | 8/15/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/15/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/15/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/15/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/15/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/15/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/15/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/15/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/15/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/15/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/15/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/15/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/15/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/15/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/15/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/15/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/15/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/15/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/2/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/2/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/2/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/2/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/2/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Benham Water Plant
EPA SDWIS lists 855 people served and 314 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
133 violations · 855 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Benham Water Plant
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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