BURNSIDE WATER COMPANY: EPA violation history, explained
BURNSIDE WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,284 people get their water from it, across 599 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BURNSIDE WATER COMPANY ranks 2,091th by violation burden (84th percentile) - 62 violations total, 9 health-baseds.
How BURNSIDE WATER COMPANY compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; BURNSIDE WATER COMPANY carries 9, not 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 BURNSIDE WATER COMPANY is from 2018-01-01 (health-based: 2017-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BURNSIDE WATER COMPANY'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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
BURNSIDE WATER COMPANY'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 BURNSIDE WATER COMPANY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,091th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.