What's in ALBANY WATER WORKS's water?
ALBANY WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 9,042 people get their water from it, across 5,484 connections.
ALBANY WATER WORKS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ALBANY WATER WORKS ranks 846th by violation burden (93th percentile) - 60 violations total, 21 health-baseds.
How ALBANY WATER WORKS compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; ALBANY WATER WORKS carries 21, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ALBANY WATER WORKS is from 2023-12-10 (health-based: 2021-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ALBANY WATER WORKS's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
ALBANY WATER WORKS's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 21 health-based violations on file for ALBANY WATER WORKS - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.