What's in WHITESBURG WATER WORKS's water?
WHITESBURG 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. 3,861 people get their water from it, across 1,300 connections.
How this compares nationally
WHITESBURG WATER WORKS has 85 violations on record in total, 35 of thems health-based - ranking it 452th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 97th percentile nationally.
Against the KY average
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - WHITESBURG WATER WORKS's 35 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
WHITESBURG WATER WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-01-05, with the most recent health-based one dated 2026-01-02. Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
WHITESBURG 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 WHITESBURG WATER WORKS's record does not cover
Everything on this page is WHITESBURG WATER WORKS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 85 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.