Is PAINTSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
PAINTSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 24,354 people get their water from it, across 10,445 connections.
How this compares nationally
74 total violations and 10 health-based ones put PAINTSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS at the 85th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,897 of 12,903.
Against the KY average
PAINTSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's 10 health-based violations sit above the KY average of 9.4, across 273 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
PAINTSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-01-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
PAINTSVILLE MUNICIPAL 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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 PAINTSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's record does not cover
PAINTSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 74 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.