Is BEAVER DAM MUNICIPAL WATER & SEWER's water safe to drink?
BEAVER DAM MUNICIPAL WATER & SEWER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,901 people through 2,067 service connections.
How this compares nationally
37 total violations and 2 health-based ones put BEAVER DAM MUNICIPAL WATER & SEWER at the 53th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,004 of 12,903.
How BEAVER DAM MUNICIPAL WATER & SEWER compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; BEAVER DAM MUNICIPAL WATER & SEWER carries 2, 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 BEAVER DAM MUNICIPAL WATER & SEWER is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2020-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BEAVER DAM MUNICIPAL WATER & SEWER'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
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
This is what BEAVER DAM MUNICIPAL WATER & SEWER reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BEAVER DAM MUNICIPAL WATER & SEWER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,004th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.