Is MCCREARY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
MCCREARY COUNTY WATER 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: 34,439, over 7,833 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, MCCREARY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT ranks 4,974th by violation burden (61th percentile) - 25 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How MCCREARY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT compares within KY
MCCREARY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's 3 health-based violations sit within the KY average of 9.4, across 273 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MCCREARY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT is from 2018-01-09 (health-based: 2003-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MCCREARY COUNTY WATER 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)
- 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
Everything on this page is MCCREARY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and MCCREARY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,974th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.