Is PADUCAH WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
PADUCAH WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 65,004 people through 31,473 service connections.
PADUCAH WATER WORKS's record against the rest of the country
PADUCAH WATER WORKS has 35 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,077th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 68th percentile nationally.
Against the KY average
PADUCAH WATER WORKS's 4 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
PADUCAH WATER WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2015-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
PADUCAH WATER WORKS'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
- 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 PADUCAH WATER WORKS's record does not cover
This is what PADUCAH WATER WORKS 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 35 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.