What's in PROVIDENCE WATER WORKS's water?
PROVIDENCE WATER WORKS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 4,538 people through 1,575 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PROVIDENCE WATER WORKS ranks 231th by violation burden (98th percentile) - 111 violations total, 55 health-baseds.
How PROVIDENCE WATER WORKS compares within KY
PROVIDENCE WATER WORKS's 55 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
The last violation EPA has on record for PROVIDENCE WATER WORKS is from 2026-12-06 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PROVIDENCE 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)
- 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is PROVIDENCE WATER WORKS'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 PROVIDENCE WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 231th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.