Knott Co Water & Sewer District, KY Water Quality
Knott Co Water & Sewer District: EPA violation history, explained
Knott Co Water & Sewer District has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 7,056, over 3,190 connections.
How this compares nationally
Knott Co Water & Sewer District has 32 violations on record in total, 11 of them health-based - ranking it 1,766th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 86th percentile nationally.
Against the KY average
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - Knott Co Water & Sewer District's 11 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
Knott Co Water & Sewer District's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
Knott Co Water & Sewer District'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: 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 Knott Co Water & Sewer District's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Knott Co Water & Sewer District's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 32 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.