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Mt Olivet Water Department

Serves an area of Robertson County, KY that includes Mount Olivet · 775 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Mt Olivet Water Department in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) violation.

  • KY1010297
  • MOUNT OLIVET
  • KY
  • 775 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 41064
EPA system ID KY1010297

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
7

Key facts

  • Mt Olivet Water Department buys its water from Buffalo Trail Water Assoc.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit), 2016.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Kentucky, May 2017.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 63 unknown out of 394 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 30, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 24, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 24, 2017 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2013 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Mt Olivet Water Department go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 27 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 6
2000s 0 6
2010 to October 18, 2016 6 15
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 5

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

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
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 0.065 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.068 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 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 Mt Olivet Water Department in 2017. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in May 2017.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 15, 2017 Kentucky Compliance order with a penalty 20 violations (6 health-based): Public Notice, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Surface Water Treatment Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Mt Olivet Water Department buys its water from Buffalo Trail Water Assoc. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Mt Olivet Water Department 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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