Is Wilmore, KY tap water safe?
The short answer
4 of the 4 utilities serving Wilmore have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kentucky’s records: Wilmore Water Works, Nicholasville Water Department, Jessamine S Elkhorn Water Dist and 1 more.
Wilmore Water Works, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 57.4 ppb, above the legal limit.
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 Wilmore’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Wilmore Water Works
Kentucky · serves 5,762 people · about 870 in Wilmore
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 57.4 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Nicholasville Water Department
Kentucky · serves 35,266 people · about 190 in Wilmore
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Jessamine S Elkhorn Water Dist
Kentucky · serves 8,826 people · about 130 in Wilmore
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 76.2 ppb, above the legal limit.
6 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Jessamine Co Water District #1
Kentucky · serves 6,831 people · under 100 in Wilmore
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 65.5 ppb, above the legal limit.
15 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 Wilmore Water Works’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 Wilmore
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 Wilmore: 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 Wilmore
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Wilmore Water Works’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water