Community Water System · PWS KY0480092
Cumberland Municipal Water Works
Operator location Cumberland, Kentucky - 26% of 175 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,843 served per SDWIS.
- 2,843
- People served (this PWS)
- 175
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 45
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cumberland Municipal Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
26% of 175 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 26% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #11,016 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cumberland Municipal Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (175), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,843 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 26% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #11,016 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #238 of 352
- Population · KY
- 175
- Total EPA violations on record
- 26%
- 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
- 1,180
- County
- Harlan
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 29
- Monitoring Violations
- 103
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 16
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 34 | 2015 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 24 | 2015 |
| TTHM | MCL | 21 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 15 | 1997 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 12 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 1997 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 8 | 2003 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 8 | 2018 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 8 | 2020 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 4 | 2004 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2014 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Asbestos | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cumberland Municipal Water Works has 175 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 17% carry more. 26% of this system's own violations are health-based (45 of 175), and it ranks #11,016 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)
175 Higher than most more violations than 83% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/18/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/18/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/18/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/18/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/18/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/18/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/5/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/5/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/5/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/5/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/5/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/5/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/5/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/5/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/5/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Cumberland Municipal Water Works
45 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KY0480092.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
175 violations · 2,843 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 Cumberland Municipal Water Works
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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