Is WALTON WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
WALTON WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,173, over 1,405 connections.
How this compares nationally
9 total violations and 1 health-based ones put WALTON WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT at the 36th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,315 of 12,903.
How WALTON WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; WALTON WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT carries 1, not more than typical for the state. 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 WALTON WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT is from 2016-01-07 (health-based: 1994-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WALTON WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT'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)
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 WALTON WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for WALTON WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT - 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.