Is PENDLETON CO WATER DISTRICT #1/SOUTH's water safe to drink?
PENDLETON CO WATER DISTRICT #1/SOUTH has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,713 people get their water from it, across 1,366 connections.
How this compares nationally
PENDLETON CO WATER DISTRICT #1/SOUTH has 12 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,106th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 37th percentile nationally.
Against the KY average
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; PENDLETON CO WATER DISTRICT #1/SOUTH carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
PENDLETON CO WATER DISTRICT #1/SOUTH's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-12-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
PENDLETON CO WATER DISTRICT #1/SOUTH'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What PENDLETON CO WATER DISTRICT #1/SOUTH's record does not cover
Everything on this page is PENDLETON CO WATER DISTRICT #1/SOUTH's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for PENDLETON CO WATER DISTRICT #1/SOUTH - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.