Is North Middletown, KY tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving North Middletown has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kentucky’s records: Judy Water Association.
Kentucky - American Water Co, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Kentucky - American Water Co is hard, typically 136 mg/L (8 grains per gallon). How Kentucky’s water compares.
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 North Middletown’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Kentucky - American Water Co
Kentucky · serves 669,042 people · under 100 in North Middletown
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: hard, typically 136 mg/L (8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Judy Water Association
Kentucky · serves 5,539 people · under 100 in North Middletown
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 56 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Kentucky - American Water Co’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Water testing near North Middletown
TapBuff hasn’t read Kentucky’s list of certified labs yet. The national page links every state’s own list.
Certified labs, state by stateWhich ZIP codes are in North Middletown: 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 North Middletown
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Kentucky - American Water Co’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water