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Community Water System · PWS KY1050157

Georgetown Municipal Water Service

Operator location Georgetown, Kentucky - UCMR5 detected 8 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 114 violations and 35,714 people served.

35,714
People served (this PWS)
114
EPA violations (this PWS)
11
Health-based (this PWS)
8 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Georgetown Municipal Water Service standing, high SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 8 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 10% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #1,554 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Georgetown Municipal Water Service sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (114), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (35,714; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 10% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 8 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#1,554 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#16 of 352
Population · KY
114
Total EPA violations on record
10%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

8 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
15,622
County
Scott
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
94
Treatment Tech Violations
7

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 8 2015
CARBON, TOTAL TT 7 2003
Nitrate MR 7 2016
Coliform (TCR) MCL 4 1999
CARBON, TOTAL MR 4 2002
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 4 2011
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 4 1995
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 4 2005
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 4 2016
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 1996
Xylenes, Total MR 3 1996
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 3 1996
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 1996
Vinyl chloride MR 3 1996
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 3 1996
Carbon tetrachloride MR 3 1996
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 3 1996
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 3 1996
Benzene MR 3 1996
Ethylbenzene MR 3 1996
Styrene MR 3 1996
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 1996
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 3 1996
CHLOROBENZENE MR 3 1996
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 3 1996
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 3 1996
Tetrachloroethylene MR 3 1996
Toluene MR 3 1996
Trichloroethylene MR 3 1996
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 1996

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Georgetown Municipal Water Service has 114 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 10% of this system's own violations are health-based (11 of 114), and it ranks #1,554 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)

114 Higher than most more violations than 76% 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. 16 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFTA 8/8/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/8/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/8/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/8/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/11/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/11/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/11/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/11/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/11/2023 4.70 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFHpA 5/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 5/11/2023 4.80 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFOA 5/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/11/2023 3.10 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFHpS 5/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/11/2023 4.40 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMBA 5/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/11/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/11/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 2/8/2023 3.50 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 2/8/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 2/8/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 2/8/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 2/8/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 2/8/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 2/8/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 2/8/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 2/8/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 2/8/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 2/8/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 2/8/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 2/8/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 2/8/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 2/8/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 2/8/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 2/8/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for Georgetown Municipal Water Service

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS KY1050157 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

114 violations · 35,714 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Georgetown Municipal Water Service

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater