Is CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,798 people through 2,024 service connections.
CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS's record against the rest of the country
109 total violations and 2 health-based ones put CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS at the 55th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,759 of 12,903.
How CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS 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 CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS is from 2014-01-10 (health-based: 2014-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS'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
CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS'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 CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,759th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.