What's in DAWSON SPRINGS WATER & SEWER's water?
DAWSON SPRINGS WATER & SEWER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,631 people get their water from it, across 766 connections.
How this compares nationally
DAWSON SPRINGS WATER & SEWER has 54 violations on record in total, 27 of thems health-based - ranking it 646th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 95th percentile nationally.
How DAWSON SPRINGS WATER & SEWER compares within KY
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - DAWSON SPRINGS WATER & SEWER's 27 is above that. 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 DAWSON SPRINGS WATER & SEWER is from 2017-01-07 (health-based: 2012-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DAWSON SPRINGS 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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
DAWSON SPRINGS WATER & SEWER'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 DAWSON SPRINGS WATER & SEWER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 646th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.