NICHOLASVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
NICHOLASVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 35,266, over 13,857 connections.
How this compares nationally
96 total violations and 5 health-based ones put NICHOLASVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT at the 74th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,366 of 12,903.
How NICHOLASVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT compares within KY
NICHOLASVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT's 5 health-based violations sit within the KY average of 9.4, across 273 systems statewide. 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 NICHOLASVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2019-01-06 (health-based: 2018-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NICHOLASVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT'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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
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 NICHOLASVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT'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 NICHOLASVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,366th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.