Question 1

Is McKee Water Works water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

McKee Water Works (PWS ID: KY0550784) has 434 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,331 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does McKee Water Works serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that McKee Water Works serves 1,331 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of McKee or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 464 service connections. The operator address is listed in McKee, Kentucky.

Question 3

What type of violations does McKee Water Works have?

Accepted Answer

McKee Water Works has 434 total violations: 163 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 227 monitoring/reporting violations, and 33 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in McKee Water Works water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for McKee Water Works under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does McKee Water Works use?

Accepted Answer

McKee Water Works uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does McKee Water Works sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), McKee Water Works ranks #16,962 of 29,740 by people served, and #315 of 352 in Kentucky. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does McKee Water Works's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

McKee Water Works has 434 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 6% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 94% of that cohort has fewer violations than McKee Water Works. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL	70	2023
TTHM	MCL	56	2009
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	33	2015
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MR	31	2018
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	21	2021
Public Notice	Other	20	2015
Coliform (TCR)	MR	19	2014
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule	MR	16	2020
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	10	2008
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	8	2018
Nickel	MCL	4	1994
Methoxychlor	MR	4	2005
Diquat	MR	4	2005
Endothall	MR	4	2005
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	4	2005
OXAMYL	MR	4	2005
Simazine	MR	4	2005
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	4	2005
Aldicarb sulfoxide	MR	4	2005
Aldicarb sulfone	MR	4	2005
Aldicarb	MR	4	2005
Atrazine	MR	4	2005
LASSO	MR	4	2005
Heptachlor	MR	4	2005
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	4	2005
Pentachlorophenol	MR	4	2005
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	4	2005
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	4	2005
Chlordane	MR	4	2005
TTHM	MR	4	2009

McKee Water Works

McKee Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on McKee Water Works

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served