Community Water System · PWS KY1100171
Guthrie Water Works
Operator location Guthrie, Kentucky - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 128 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,421 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,421
- People served (this PWS)
- 128
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 9
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Guthrie Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
128 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 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,176 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Guthrie Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (128), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,421 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,176 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #254 of 352
- Population · KY
- 128
- Total EPA violations on record
- 7%
- 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
- 772
- County
- Todd
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 99
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 24 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 16 | 2014 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 9 | 2003 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 1995 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 1995 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 1993 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| Asbestos | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 4 | 2024 |
| Nickel | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| Arsenic | MR | 4 | 1998 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2007 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Guthrie Water Works has 128 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 128), and it ranks #12,176 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)
128 Higher than most more violations than 78% 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 Guthrie Water Works
128 violations on record for KY1100171; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
128 violations · 2,421 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 Guthrie Water Works
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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