FALMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
FALMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,861 people through 932 service connections.
How this compares nationally
FALMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT has 55 violations on record in total, 14 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,328th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 90th percentile nationally.
Against the KY average
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - FALMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT's 14 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
FALMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
FALMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT'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
- 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 FALMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is FALMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT'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 FALMOUTH WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,328th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.