What's in LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2's water?
LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 16,899 people get their water from it, across 6,315 connections.
LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2's record against the rest of the country
LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2 has 23 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,173th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 83th percentile nationally.
How LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2 compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2 carries 9, not more than typical for the state. 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 LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2 is from 2015-01-08 (health-based: 2015-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2'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
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- 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
LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2'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 - 9 health-based violations on file for LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2 - 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.