Community Water System · PWSID KY0360272

Martin Water Department

Serves 1,167 peopleSurface Water PurchasedOwner: Local GovernmentMartin, Kentucky
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On record since 1993: 94 violations. 43 over the limit · 18 missed or late tests · 33 notices or reports. Most recent began 2023-07-01.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

43Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
18Missed or late test
33Notice or report

More violations on record than 99% 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

1993 · Missed or late test: 1199520002004 · Notice or report: 12005 · Notice or report: 120052009 · Notice or report: 12010 · Notice or report: 120102011 · Notice or report: 32011 · Notice or report: 32012 · Notice or report: 42012 · Notice or report: 42013 · Notice or report: 12014 · Over the limit: 22014 · Missed or late test: 22014 · Notice or report: 12015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Missed or late test: 22015 · Notice or report: 32015 · Notice or report: 320152016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Missed or late test: 32016 · Missed or late test: 32017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Missed or late test: 32017 · Missed or late test: 32017 · Notice or report: 62017 · Notice or report: 62017 · Notice or report: 62018 · Over the limit: 52018 · Over the limit: 52018 · Over the limit: 52018 · Missed or late test: 52018 · Missed or late test: 52018 · Missed or late test: 52018 · Notice or report: 82018 · Notice or report: 82018 · Notice or report: 82018 · Notice or report: 82019 · Over the limit: 52019 · Over the limit: 52019 · Over the limit: 52019 · Missed or late test: 12019 · Notice or report: 22020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Notice or report: 120202021 · Over the limit: 62021 · Over the limit: 62021 · Over the limit: 62021 · Missed or late test: 12022 · Over the limit: 22023 · Over the limit: 22025
One square ≈ 2 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
46% over the limit · 4319% missed or late test · 1835% notice or report · 33

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)2023-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0840 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2023-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0830 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.0×)2022-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0960 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2022-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0980 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2021-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1090 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2021-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1200 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.5×)2021-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0660 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2021-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1150 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2021-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0650 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2021-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1200 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.5×)2020-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1170 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.5×)2020-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1320 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.7×)2020-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1320 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.7×)2020-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1300 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.6×)2019-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1210 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.5×)2019-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0890 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2019-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0880 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2019-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0940 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2019-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0630 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2018-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0730 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2018-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0960 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2018-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0970 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2018-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0740 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2018-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0790 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2017-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0870 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2017-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0730 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2017-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0930 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2017-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0760 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2017-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1100 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2017-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0610 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.0×)2017-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0960 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2016-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0890 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2016-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0990 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2016-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0970 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2016-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1020 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2015-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1010 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2015-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0990 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2015-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0940 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2015-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0630 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2015-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1150 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2015-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0650 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2014-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0950 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2014-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1120 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 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

1 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2023-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0840 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2023-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0830 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2022-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0960 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2022-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0980 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2021-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1090 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2021-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1200 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2021-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0660 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2021-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1150 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2021-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  10. 2021-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0650 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2021-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1200 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2020-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1170 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2020-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1320 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2020-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1320 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2020-03-31Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  16. 2020-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1300 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2019-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1210 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2019-09-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  19. 2019-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0890 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2019-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  21. 2019-05-31Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  22. 2019-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0880 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2019-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0940 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2019-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0630 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2018-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0730 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
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  1. 2018-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0960 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2018-09-17Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 2018-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  4. 2018-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0970 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2018-06-21Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  6. 2018-04-01Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2018-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0740 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2018-03-25Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2018-03-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  10. 2018-03-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  11. 2018-01-15Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  12. 2018-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  13. 2018-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  14. 2018-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0790 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2017-10-13Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  16. 2017-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  17. 2017-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  18. 2017-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0870 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2017-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0730 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2017-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  21. 2017-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  22. 2017-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0930 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2017-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0760 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2017-05-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  25. 2017-04-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  26. 2017-04-25Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  27. 2017-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1100 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  28. 2017-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0610 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  29. 2017-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0960 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  30. 2016-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  31. 2016-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0890 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  32. 2016-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0990 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  33. 2016-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  34. 2016-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0970 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  35. 2016-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1020 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  36. 2016-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  37. 2015-12-10Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  38. 2015-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1010 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  39. 2015-07-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  40. 2015-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0990 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  41. 2015-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0940 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  42. 2015-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0630 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  43. 2015-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  44. 2015-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  45. 2015-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1150 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  46. 2015-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0650 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  47. 2014-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0950 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  48. 2014-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  49. 2014-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  50. 2014-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1120 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  51. 2014-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  52. 2013-02-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  53. 2012-11-20Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  54. 2012-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  55. 2012-03-06Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  56. 2012-01-17Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  57. 2011-08-17Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  58. 2011-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  59. 2011-02-03Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  60. 2010-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  61. 2009-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  62. 2005-10-27Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  63. 2004-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  64. 1993-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance

System details

Population served1,167
Service connections244
Water sourceSurface Water Purchased
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityMartin
EPA ZIP on file41649

Areas served

  • Floyd County

Reading this record

Martin Water Department is a community water system that draws from surface water purchased and serves about 1,167 people in Martin, 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.