Is MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY's water safe to drink?
MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,500, over 36 connections.
How this compares nationally
93 total violations and 24 health-based ones put MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY at the 94th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 730 of 12,903.
How MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY carries 24, 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 MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY is from 2016-01-08 (health-based: 2011-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY'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)
- 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 MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 93 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.