Is HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 41,350 people get their water from it, across 15,438 connections.
HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY ranks 2,629th by violation burden (80th percentile) - 41 violations total, 7 health-baseds.
How HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY compares within KY
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY's 7 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 HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY is from 2015-01-07 (health-based: 2015-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY'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; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 41 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.