Bath County Water District, KY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Bath County Water District serves about 10,083 people through 4,101 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Bath County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0060022; phone on file: 606-683-6363. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bath County Water District is 3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
Against other Kentucky systems
Of the 367 Kentucky systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 0 are over 15 ppb right now and 4 have gone over at some point. Bath County Water District's 2 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Kentucky and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Bath County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bath County Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sharpsburg Water District | 4,332 | 2 ppb |
| Owingsville Water Works | 2,307 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Salt Lick, KY may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bath County Water District whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.