Butler County Water System Inc, KY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Butler County Water System Inc at a glance
Butler County Water System Inc serves about 14,256 people through 5,044 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Butler County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0160052; phone on file: 270-495-3503. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Butler County Water System Inc's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Butler County Water System Inc is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Butler County Water System Inc's 2 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Kentucky and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Butler County
1 other system shares Butler County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Butler County Water System Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Morgantown Water System | 2,628 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bowling Green, 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 Butler County Water System Inc 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.