Community Water System · PWS KY0840048
Burgin Water Department
Operator location Burgin, Kentucky - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 92 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,426 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,426
- People served (this PWS)
- 92
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 19
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Burgin Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third
92 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 21% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #16,399 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Burgin Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (92), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,426 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 21% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,399 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #310 of 352
- Population · KY
- 92
- Total EPA violations on record
- 21%
- 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
- 507
- County
- Mercer
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 19
- Monitoring Violations
- 60
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 32 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2010 |
| TTHM | MR | 8 | 2022 |
| TTHM | MCL | 8 | 2021 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 8 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 2009 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 4 | 2015 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2021 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 4 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Burgin Water Department has 92 recorded EPA violations, 71% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 21% of this system's own violations are health-based (19 of 92), and it ranks #16,399 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)
92 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 Burgin Water Department
92 violations on record for KY0840048; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
92 violations · 1,426 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 Burgin Water Department
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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