What's in GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE's water?
GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 44,608 people through 15,622 service connections.
GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE's record against the rest of the country
35 total violations and 3 health-based ones put GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE at the 62th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,867 of 12,903.
How GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE carries 3, 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 GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE is from 2016-01-10 (health-based: 2003-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE'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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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
GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE'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. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE - 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.