Community Water System · PWS KY0860426
Tompkinsville Water Works
Operator location Tompkinsville, Kentucky - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 434 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,404 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,404
- People served (this PWS)
- 434
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 83
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Tompkinsville Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
434 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 19% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,217 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Tompkinsville Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (434), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,404 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 19% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,217 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #255 of 352
- Population · KY
- 434
- Total EPA violations on record
- 19%
- 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
- 1,161
- County
- Monroe
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 41
- Monitoring Violations
- 328
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 42
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 32 | 2022 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 32 | 2021 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 25 | 2017 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 10 | 2003 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 9 | 2014 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2015 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2003 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 8 | 2003 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 8 | 2003 |
| Public Notice | Other | 6 | 2017 |
| Picloram | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 1994 |
| Endrin | MR | 5 | 1999 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 5 | 1999 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 5 | 1999 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 5 | 1999 |
| TTHM | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 5 | 1999 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 5 | 1999 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| Arsenic | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| LASSO | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Aldicarb sulfone | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Tompkinsville Water Works has 434 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 19% of this system's own violations are health-based (83 of 434), and it ranks #12,217 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)
434 Higher than most more violations than 94% 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 Tompkinsville Water Works
434 violations on record for KY0860426; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
434 violations · 2,404 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 Tompkinsville Water Works
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