What's in WESTERN FLEMING WATER DISTRICT's water?
WESTERN FLEMING 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 4,262 people through 2,015 service connections.
How this compares nationally
WESTERN FLEMING WATER DISTRICT has 114 violations on record in total, 10 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,883th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 85th percentile nationally.
How WESTERN FLEMING WATER DISTRICT compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; WESTERN FLEMING WATER DISTRICT carries 10, 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 WESTERN FLEMING WATER DISTRICT is from 2016-02-07 (health-based: 2012-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WESTERN FLEMING 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 WESTERN FLEMING WATER DISTRICT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 10 health-based violations on file for WESTERN FLEMING WATER DISTRICT - 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.