BARBOURVILLE UTILITIES: EPA violation history, explained
BARBOURVILLE UTILITIES has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 16,420 people get their water from it, across 7,447 connections.
BARBOURVILLE UTILITIES's record against the rest of the country
BARBOURVILLE UTILITIES has 70 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,987th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 69th percentile nationally.
How BARBOURVILLE UTILITIES compares within KY
BARBOURVILLE UTILITIES's 4 health-based violations sit within the KY average of 9.4, across 273 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BARBOURVILLE UTILITIES is from 2023-01-02 (health-based: 2017-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BARBOURVILLE UTILITIES'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: TTHM
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
Everything on this page is BARBOURVILLE UTILITIES's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for BARBOURVILLE UTILITIES - 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.