ALLEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
ALLEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 16,398 people through 6,267 service connections.
How this compares nationally
8 total violations and 4 health-based ones put ALLEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT at the 65th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,458 of 12,903.
How ALLEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; ALLEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT carries 4, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ALLEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT is from 2016-01-06 (health-based: 2016-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ALLEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT'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: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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
ALLEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT'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. Between the utility's meter and ALLEN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,458th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.