Community Water System · PWS KY0910065
Carlisle Water Department
Operator location Carlisle, Kentucky - 44% of 372 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,059 served per SDWIS.
- 2,059
- People served (this PWS)
- 372
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 165
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Carlisle Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third
44% of 372 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 44% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #13,334 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Carlisle Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (372), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,059 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 44% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #13,334 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #271 of 352
- Population · KY
- 372
- Total EPA violations on record
- 44%
- 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
- 1,079
- County
- Nicholas
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 148
- Monitoring Violations
- 202
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 17
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 81 | 2016 |
| TTHM | MCL | 67 | 2016 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 15 | 1998 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 9 | 2007 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2014 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 8 | 2019 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Endrin | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Dalapon | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Diquat | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Endothall | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Picloram | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Aldicarb | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| LASSO | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Chlordane | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Simazine | MR | 5 | 1996 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Carlisle Water Department has 372 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 44% of this system's own violations are health-based (165 of 372), and it ranks #13,334 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)
372 Higher than most more violations than 93% 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 Carlisle Water Department
165 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KY0910065.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
372 violations · 2,059 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 Carlisle Water Department
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