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Dry Ridge Water Works Commission

Serves Dry Ridge and Williamstown, Grant County, KY · 2,400 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Dry Ridge Water Works Commission in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.

  • KY0410107
  • DRY RIDGE
  • KY
  • 2,400 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 41035
EPA system ID KY0410107

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Dry Ridge Water Works Commission buys its water from Williamstown Municipal Water Dept.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Kentucky, August 2017.
  • Record on file since 1998, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 914 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 Aug 1, 2023 Resolved Yes

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 24, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 24, 2017 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1998

EPA's records for Dry Ridge Water Works Commission go back to 1998. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 resolved) and 16 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 8
2010 to October 18, 2016 8 6
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 1 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began July 2016, Resolved.

Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.066 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.079 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.067 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Kentucky regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Dry Ridge Water Works Commission in 2017. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in August 2017.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 28, 2017 Kentucky Compliance order with a penalty 11 violations (8 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Public Notice, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Where the water comes from

Dry Ridge Water Works Commission buys its water from Williamstown Municipal Water Dept. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Dry Ridge Water Works Commission.

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Annual water quality report

Dry Ridge Water Works Commission must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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