Is STANFORD WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
STANFORD 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 9,284 people through 3,398 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, STANFORD WATER WORKS ranks 775th by violation burden (94th percentile) - 51 violations total, 23 health-baseds.
How STANFORD WATER WORKS compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; STANFORD WATER WORKS carries 23, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for STANFORD WATER WORKS is from 2025-01-10 (health-based: 2019-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
STANFORD 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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- 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
This is what STANFORD 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. Between the utility's meter and STANFORD WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 775th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.