Community Water System · PWS KY0670213
Jenkins Water System
Operator location Jenkins, Kentucky - 39% of 278 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,609 served per SDWIS.
- 2,609
- People served (this PWS)
- 278
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 108
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Jenkins Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
39% of 278 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 39% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,567 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Jenkins Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (278), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,609 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 39% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,567 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #248 of 352
- Population · KY
- 278
- Total EPA violations on record
- 39%
- 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
- 984
- County
- Letcher
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 71
- Monitoring Violations
- 139
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 37
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 67 | 2023 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 28 | 2008 |
| Nitrate | MR | 20 | 2022 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 19 | 2018 |
| Public Notice | Other | 12 | 2017 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2015 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 5 | 2015 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 1996 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Styrene | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| TTHM | MCL | 4 | 2024 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 1996 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Jenkins Water System has 278 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 39% of this system's own violations are health-based (108 of 278), and it ranks #11,567 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)
278 Higher than most more violations than 90% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Jenkins Water System
108 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KY0670213.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
278 violations · 2,609 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 Jenkins Water System
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