JACKSON CO WATER ASSOCIATION: EPA violation history, explained
JACKSON CO WATER ASSOCIATION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 13,629 people get their water from it, across 6,223 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, JACKSON CO WATER ASSOCIATION ranks 817th by violation burden (94th percentile) - 33 violations total, 22 health-baseds.
How JACKSON CO WATER ASSOCIATION compares within KY
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - JACKSON CO WATER ASSOCIATION's 22 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for JACKSON CO WATER ASSOCIATION is from 2016-01-07 (health-based: 2011-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
JACKSON CO WATER ASSOCIATION'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:
- 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 synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
JACKSON CO WATER ASSOCIATION'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 JACKSON CO WATER ASSOCIATION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 817th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.