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Is Hendron, KY tap water safe?

Paducah Water Works serves Hendron, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Kentucky’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Paducah Water Works serves Hendron. In EPA’s and Kentucky’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOS at 8.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Paducah Water Works’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Hendron

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Kentucky certifies.

TapBuff hasn’t read Kentucky’s list of certified labs yet. The national page links every state’s own list.

Certified labs, state by state

ZIP codes in Hendron

Which ZIP codes are in Hendron: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology.

Near Hendron

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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