Community Water System · PWS KY0480262
Lynch Water Works
Operator location Lynch, Kentucky - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 326 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,078 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,078
- People served (this PWS)
- 326
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 45
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Lynch Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
326 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 14% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #18,785 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Lynch Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (326), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,078 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 14% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,785 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #328 of 352
- Population · KY
- 326
- Total EPA violations on record
- 14%
- 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
- 380
- County
- Harlan
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 210
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 45
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 77 | 2017 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 46 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 41 | 2025 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 33 | 2014 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 32 | 2017 |
| TTHM | MR | 19 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 19 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 17 | 2025 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 9 | 2019 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 1994 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 5 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 2 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Lynch Water Works has 326 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 14% of this system's own violations are health-based (45 of 326), and it ranks #18,785 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)
326 Higher than most more violations than 92% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Lynch Water Works
326 violations on record for KY0480262; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
326 violations · 1,078 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 Lynch 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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