LAWRENCEBURG WATER & SEWER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
LAWRENCEBURG WATER & SEWER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 14,748, over 6,696 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, LAWRENCEBURG WATER & SEWER DEPT ranks 1,125th by violation burden (91th percentile) - 121 violations total, 16 health-baseds.
How LAWRENCEBURG WATER & SEWER DEPT compares within KY
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - LAWRENCEBURG WATER & SEWER DEPT's 16 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 LAWRENCEBURG WATER & SEWER DEPT is from 2018-01-09 (health-based: 2016-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAWRENCEBURG WATER & SEWER DEPT'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- 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 this data is and is not
LAWRENCEBURG WATER & SEWER DEPT'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 - 16 health-based violations on file for LAWRENCEBURG WATER & SEWER DEPT - 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.