Community Water System · PWS KY0740276
McCreary County Water District
Operator location Whitley City, Kentucky - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 83 violations and 34,439 people served.
- 34,439
- People served (this PWS)
- 83
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
McCreary County Water District standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #1,631 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
McCreary County Water District sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (83), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (34,439; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #1,631 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #19 of 352
- Population · KY
- 83
- Total EPA violations on record
- 7%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 7,833
- County
- McCreary
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 59
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2013 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2003 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2004 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2016 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| TTHM | MCL | 2 | 1990 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
McCreary County Water District has 83 recorded EPA violations, 69% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 31% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 83), and it ranks #1,631 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)
83 Around the middle fewer violations than 31% 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. 1 of 228 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/10/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/10/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/10/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/10/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/10/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/10/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/10/2024 | 5.90 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/10/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/10/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/10/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/10/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/10/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/10/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/23/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/23/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/23/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/23/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for McCreary County Water District
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS KY0740276 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
83 violations · 34,439 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).
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