BARDSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
BARDSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 31,185 people get their water from it, across 13,420 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BARDSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT ranks 1,423th by violation burden (89th percentile) - 82 violations total, 13 health-baseds.
Against the KY average
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - BARDSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT's 13 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BARDSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
BARDSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT'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); Revised Total Coliform Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Thallium, Total
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 BARDSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BARDSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and BARDSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,423th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.