Community Water System · PWSID KY1170361

Providence Water Works

Serves 4,538 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentProvidence, Kentucky
Nothing open that measures the water, but 2 open testing or paperwork violations.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 1993: 51 violations. 38 over the limit · 4 missed or late tests · 9 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-07-01.

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

38Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
4Missed or late test
9Notice or report2 open

More violations on record than 97% 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: 119951997 · Missed or late test: 1200020052009 · Notice or report: 12010 · Notice or report: 120102014 · Notice or report: 12015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Missed or late test: 22015 · Missed or late test: 220152016 · Over the limit: 62016 · Over the limit: 62016 · Over the limit: 62016 · Over the limit: 62016 · Over the limit: 62016 · Over the limit: 62017 · Notice or report: 22017 · Notice or report: 22018 · Over the limit: 22018 · Over the limit: 220202021 · Notice or report: 12022 · Over the limit: 72022 · Over the limit: 72022 · Over the limit: 72022 · Over the limit: 72022 · Over the limit: 72022 · Over the limit: 72022 · Over the limit: 72023 · Over the limit: 82023 · Over the limit: 82023 · Over the limit: 82023 · Over the limit: 82023 · Over the limit: 82023 · Over the limit: 82023 · Over the limit: 82023 · Over the limit: 82024 · Over the limit: 82024 · Over the limit: 82024 · Over the limit: 82024 · Over the limit: 82024 · Over the limit: 82024 · Over the limit: 82024 · Over the limit: 82024 · Over the limit: 82024 · Notice or report: 12025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Notice or report: 22025 · Notice or report: 22025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
75% over the limit · 388% missed or late test · 418% notice or report · 9

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)2025-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0840 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2025-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0860 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2025-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0660 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2024-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0880 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2024-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0670 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2024-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0900 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2024-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0670 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2024-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0690 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2024-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1000 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2024-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0910 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2024-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0630 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2023-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1000 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2023-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0720 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2023-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1010 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2023-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0720 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2023-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0920 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2023-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0770 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2023-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0950 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2023-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0820 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)2022-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0900 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2022-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0740 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2022-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0830 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.0×)2022-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0700 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2022-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0890 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2022-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0700 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2022-01-01 · 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 0.0620 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.0×)2018-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0620 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.0×)2016-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0930 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2016-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0770 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2016-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1000 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2016-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0760 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2016-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1060 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2016-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0850 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)2015-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1010 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2015-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0750 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2015-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0920 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2015-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0670 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)
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

7 ppb
6 ppb
2 ppb

Open now (2)

  1. 2025-06-24Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0840 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2025-06-24Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  3. 2025-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0860 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2025-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0660 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTBack in compliance
  6. 2024-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0880 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2024-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0670 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2024-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0900 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2024-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0670 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2024-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0690 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2024-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1000 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2024-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0910 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2024-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0630 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2023-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1000 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2023-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0720 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2023-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1010 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2023-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0720 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2023-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0920 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2023-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0770 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2023-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0950 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2023-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0820 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2022-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0900 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2022-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0740 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2022-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0830 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2022-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0700 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 24 entries
  1. 2022-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0890 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2022-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0700 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2022-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0630 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2021-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  5. 2018-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0620 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2018-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0620 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2017-03-01Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  8. 2016-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0930 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2016-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0770 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2016-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1000 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2016-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0760 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2016-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1060 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2016-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0850 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2015-11-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  15. 2015-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1010 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2015-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0750 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2015-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  18. 2015-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0920 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2015-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0670 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2014-10-08Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  21. 2010-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  22. 2009-03-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  23. 1997-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  24. 1993-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served4,538
Service connections1,575
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityProvidence
EPA ZIP on file42450

Areas served

  • Webster County

Reading this record

Providence Water Works is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 4,538 people in Providence, 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.