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Lewisburg Water Works

Serves an area of Logan County, KY that includes Lewisburg · 3,119 people served

Federal records show 9 health-based violations and 12 monitoring/reporting issues for Lewisburg Water Works in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • KY0710247
  • LEWISBURG
  • KY
  • 3,119 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 42256
EPA system ID KY0710247

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
9
Resolved
9
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
12

Key facts

  • Lewisburg Water Works buys its water from Logan-Todd Regional Water Commission.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2025.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Kentucky, September 2025.
  • Record on file since 1981, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 264 unknown out of 1,356 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 10, 2025 Active
Enforcement action in place
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 14, 2024 Active
Enforcement action in place
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 14, 2017 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Nov 10, 2015 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jul 13, 2015 Resolved

Full record since 1981

EPA's records for Lewisburg Water Works go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 60 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 22
1990s 1 28
2000s 1 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 3 7
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 9 8

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2016, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2003 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1994 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Kentucky regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Lewisburg Water Works between 2021 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in September 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 4, 2025 Kentucky Compliance order with a penalty 17 violations (9 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS, Lead and Copper Rule, Public Notice, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 13, 2021 Kentucky Compliance order with a penalty 9 violations (5 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Public Notice, Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

9 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Lewisburg Water Works buys its water from Logan-Todd Regional Water Commission. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to North Logan Water District and Todd County Water District.

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Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Lewisburg Water Works 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.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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