Community Water System · PWS KY0790173
Hardin Water Department
Operator location Hardin, Kentucky - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 93 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,606 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,606
- People served (this PWS)
- 93
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Hardin Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third
93 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 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #15,297 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Hardin Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (93), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,606 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,297 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #293 of 352
- Population · KY
- 93
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- 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
- 597
- County
- Marshall
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 68
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestos | MR | 60 | 2002 |
| Asbestos | MCL | 12 | 1995 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2006 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Hardin Water Department has 93 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 93), and it ranks #15,297 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)
93 Around the middle fewer violations than 28% 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 Hardin Water Department
93 violations on record for KY0790173; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
93 violations · 1,606 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 Hardin Water Department
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