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Green Hills Water District

Serves an area of Harlan County, KY · 1,443 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Green Hills Water District in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • KY0480341
  • BAXTER
  • KY
  • 1,443 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 40806
EPA system ID KY0480341

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Green Hills Water District buys its water from Pineville Water System.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Kentucky, April 1995.
  • Record on file since 1985, with 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 570 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1985

EPA's records for Green Hills Water District go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 10 health-based violations (10 resolved) and 87 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 10
1990s 8 67
2000s 2 5
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 5
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began November 2000, Resolved.

Show all 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 2000 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2000 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 1998 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1997 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1996 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 14 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 1995 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.19 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 1994 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 14 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 1994 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 1993 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.7 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Sep 21, 1993 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Kentucky regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Green Hills Water District in 1995, filed as 3 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 1995.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 25, 1995 Kentucky Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate
Apr 24, 1995 Kentucky Administrative penalty 2 violations (2 health-based): Nitrate

Where the water comes from

Green Hills Water District buys its water from Pineville Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Green Hills Water District 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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