Community Water System · PWS KY0650024
Beattyville Water Works
Operator location Beattyville, Kentucky - 34% of 259 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 8,428 served per SDWIS.
- 8,428
- People served (this PWS)
- 259
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 87
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 6 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Beattyville Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
34% of 259 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 34% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #5,399 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Beattyville Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (259), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (8,428; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 34% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #5,399 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #125 of 352
- Population · KY
- 259
- Total EPA violations on record
- 34%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
6 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2,802
- County
- Lee
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 64
- Monitoring Violations
- 144
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 23
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 38 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 24 | 2016 |
| TTHM | MCL | 24 | 2017 |
| Nitrate | MR | 18 | 2006 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 18 | 2014 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 17 | 2007 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 16 | 2015 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 12 | 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 11 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 10 | 2012 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 10 | 2012 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 8 | 2012 |
| Public Notice | Other | 7 | 2023 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 5 | 2012 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2017 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 1991 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 1991 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 1991 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 1991 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 1991 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 1991 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | Other | 3 | 2021 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 1 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Beattyville Water Works has 259 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 11% carry more. 34% of this system's own violations are health-based (87 of 259), and it ranks #5,399 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)
259 Higher than most more violations than 89% 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. 6 of 87 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:2 FTS | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/22/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/22/2025 | 5.40 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/22/2025 | 7.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/22/2025 | 4.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/22/2025 | 5.40 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/22/2025 | 7.80 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/22/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/22/2025 | 4.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/22/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/22/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/22/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/22/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/22/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/22/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Beattyville Water Works
87 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KY0650024.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
259 violations · 8,428 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 similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Beattyville 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
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.