Is MUHLENBERG CO WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
MUHLENBERG CO WATER DISTRICT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 16,845 people get their water from it, across 6,006 connections.
MUHLENBERG CO WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
MUHLENBERG CO WATER DISTRICT has 25 violations on record in total, 14 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,370th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 89th percentile nationally.
Against the KY average
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - MUHLENBERG CO WATER DISTRICT's 14 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
MUHLENBERG CO WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
MUHLENBERG CO 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; 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 MUHLENBERG CO WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover
This is what MUHLENBERG CO WATER DISTRICT 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. Between the utility's meter and MUHLENBERG CO WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,370th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.