Is WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES's water safe to drink?
WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 29,823, over 12,299 connections.
WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES's record against the rest of the country
WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES has 70 violations on record in total, 14 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,316th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 90th percentile nationally.
How WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES compares within KY
KY's 273 covered systems average 9.4 health-based violations each; WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES carries 14, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES is from 2016-02-07 (health-based: 2014-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES'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
- 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 WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES 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 WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,316th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.