Community Water System · PWSID KY0800273

Martin Co Water District #1

Serves 9,003 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentInez, Kentucky
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On record since 1995: 42 violations. 22 over the limit · 2 treatment lapses · 5 missed or late tests · 13 notices or reports. Most recent began 2023-11-01.

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22Over the limit
2Treatment lapse
5Missed or late test
13Notice or report

More violations on record than 96% of active water systems in Kentucky. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

1995 · Missed or late test: 1199520002001 · Notice or report: 22001 · Notice or report: 22003 · Notice or report: 42003 · Notice or report: 42003 · Notice or report: 42003 · Notice or report: 420052007 · Notice or report: 12009 · Notice or report: 22009 · Notice or report: 220102011 · Notice or report: 22011 · Notice or report: 22014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Missed or late test: 22015 · Missed or late test: 220152016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Missed or late test: 22016 · Missed or late test: 22017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Notice or report: 12018 · Notice or report: 120202021 · Treatment lapse: 12023 · Treatment lapse: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
52% over the limit · 225% treatment lapse · 212% missed or late test · 531% notice or report · 13

Across Kentucky, 52% of violations are missed or late tests and 13% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)2017-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0910 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2017-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0630 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2017-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1010 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2017-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0810 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)2016-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0980 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2016-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0770 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2016-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0910 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2016-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0760 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2016-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0970 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2016-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0740 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2016-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1040 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2016-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0620 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.0×)2015-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1000 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2015-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0810 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.0×)2015-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0880 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2015-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0830 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)2015-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1040 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.7×)2015-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0940 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2014-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0960 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2014-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1050 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.8×)2014-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1010 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2014-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0810 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 3 results on file · action level 15 ppb

2.7 ppb
2 ppb
2 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2023-11-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)measured 1.01 NTUBack in compliance
  2. 2021-03-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  3. 2018-06-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  4. 2017-06-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2017-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0910 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2017-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0630 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2017-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1010 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2017-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0810 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2016-10-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  10. 2016-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0980 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2016-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0770 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2016-07-02Surface water treatment (LT2)Monitoring, Source Water (LT2)Back in compliance
  13. 2016-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0910 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2016-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0760 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2016-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0970 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2016-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0740 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2016-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1040 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2016-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0620 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2015-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1000 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2015-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0810 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2015-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0880 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2015-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0830 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2015-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  24. 2015-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  25. 2015-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1040 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 17 entries
  1. 2015-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0940 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2014-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0960 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2014-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1050 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2014-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1010 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2014-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0810 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2011-11-07Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2011-02-03Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  8. 2009-12-02Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2009-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  10. 2007-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  11. 2003-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  12. 2003-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  13. 2003-06-26Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  14. 2003-06-26Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  15. 2001-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  16. 2001-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  17. 1995-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served9,003
Service connections4,525
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityInez
EPA ZIP on file41224

Areas served

  • Martin County

Reading this record

Martin Co Water District #1 is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 9,003 people in Inez, Kentucky. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.