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Is Lawrenceburg, KY tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Lawrenceburg, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Kentucky’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 2 utilities serving Lawrenceburg have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kentucky’s records: Lawrenceburg Water & Sewer Dept and So Anderson Water District.

Lawrenceburg Water & Sewer Dept, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Lawrenceburg’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Lawrenceburg Water & Sewer Dept’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Lawrenceburg

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 Lawrenceburg

Which ZIP codes are in Lawrenceburg: 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 Lawrenceburg

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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