Is JENKINS WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
JENKINS WATER SYSTEM had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,609 people through 984 service connections.
JENKINS WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
68 total violations and 25 health-based ones put JENKINS WATER SYSTEM at the 95th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 702 of 12,903.
How JENKINS WATER SYSTEM compares within KY
JENKINS WATER SYSTEM's 25 health-based violations sit above the KY average of 9.4, across 273 systems statewide. 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 JENKINS WATER SYSTEM is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2024-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
JENKINS WATER SYSTEM'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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 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 JENKINS WATER SYSTEM 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 - 25 health-based violations on file for JENKINS WATER SYSTEM - 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.