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Magoffin County Water District

Serves an area of Magoffin County, KY that includes Salyersville · 8,925 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Magoffin County Water District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • KY0770525
  • SALYERSVILLE
  • KY
  • 8,925 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 41465
EPA system ID KY0770525

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
3
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Magoffin County Water District buys its water from Salyersville Municipal Water.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2017.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Kentucky, February 2018.
  • Record on file since 1996, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,256 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 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2017 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 Jan 1, 2017 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, 2016 Resolved No

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, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 16, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1996

EPA's records for Magoffin County Water District go back to 1996. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 0 5
2010 to October 18, 2016 9 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 2 2

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

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 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, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.072 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.093 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.076 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Kentucky regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Magoffin County Water District in 2018. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in February 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 1, 2018 Kentucky Compliance order with a penalty 13 violations (9 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Public Notice, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

3 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Magoffin County Water District buys its water from Salyersville Municipal Water. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to Morgan County Water District and Paintsville Municipal Water Works.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Magoffin County 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.

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

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