Burgin Water Department, KY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.33 ppb (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. 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
Burgin Water Department serves about 1,426 people through 507 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Mercer County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0840048; phone on file: 859-265-6332. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Burgin Water Department's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Burgin Water Department is 6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.33 ppb |
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 6 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 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. Burgin Water Department's 3.33 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Kentucky and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Mercer County
3 other systems share Mercer County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Burgin Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Mercer Water District | 9,775 | 4 ppb |
| Harrodsburg Municipal Water Department | 8,310 | 3 ppb |
| Lake Village Water Association | 6,855 | 1.51 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Burgin, 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 Burgin Water Department 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.