What's in FRANKLIN WATER WORKS's water?
FRANKLIN 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 31,602 people through 5,862 service connections.
How this compares nationally
FRANKLIN WATER WORKS has 67 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,849th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 55th percentile nationally.
How FRANKLIN WATER WORKS compares within KY
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - FRANKLIN WATER WORKS's 2 is at or below that. 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 FRANKLIN WATER WORKS is from 2013-01-04 (health-based: 2013-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FRANKLIN 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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 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 FRANKLIN WATER WORKS 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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for FRANKLIN WATER WORKS - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.