Is SIMPSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
SIMPSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 8,946 people through 3,620 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
13 total violations and 5 health-based ones put SIMPSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT at the 71th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,682 of 12,903.
Against the KY average
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; SIMPSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT carries 5, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
SIMPSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
SIMPSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Asbestos
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 SIMPSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is SIMPSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT'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 SIMPSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,682th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.