Beaver Dam Municipal Water & Sewer, KY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Beaver Dam Municipal Water & Sewer at a glance
Beaver Dam Municipal Water & Sewer serves about 3,531 people through 2,067 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ohio County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0920025; phone on file: 270-256-8002. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Beaver Dam Municipal Water & Sewer is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
How Beaver Dam Municipal Water & Sewer compares
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. Beaver Dam Municipal Water & Sewer's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Kentucky and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Ohio County
4 other systems share Ohio County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Beaver Dam Municipal Water & Sewer. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio County Water District | 16,511 | 3 ppb |
| Hartford Municipal Water Works | 3,119 | 0 (not detected) |
| Centertown Water System | 1,485 | 3 ppb |
| Fordsville Water District | 927 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Beaver Dam Municipal Water & Sewer's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Beaver Dam Municipal Water & Sewer 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.