Buffalo Trail Water Assoc, KY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Buffalo Trail Water Assoc
Buffalo Trail Water Assoc serves about 4,514 people through 1,680 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Mason County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0810046; phone on file: 606-763-6516. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Buffalo Trail Water Assoc is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Buffalo Trail Water Assoc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 27th percentile in Kentucky and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Mason County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Buffalo Trail Water Assoc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Maysville Utility Commission | 11,263 | 3 ppb |
| Western Lewis Rectorville Water District | 6,534 | 2 ppb |
| Western Mason Co Water District | 2,994 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Buffalo Trail Water Assoc'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 Buffalo Trail Water Assoc 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.