Dawson Springs Water & Sewer, KY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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
Dawson Springs Water & Sewer serves about 2,631 people through 766 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 Hopkins County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0540958; phone on file: 270-797-2844. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dawson Springs Water & Sewer is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Dawson Springs Water & Sewer's 2 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Kentucky and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Hopkins County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dawson Springs Water & Sewer. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Madisonville Light & Water | 28,102 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Hopkins Water District | 8,440 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nebo Water District | 4,702 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Hopkins Water District | 3,725 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nortonville Water Works | 2,611 | 2 ppb |
| Hanson Water System | 2,157 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Plains Water System | 1,871 | 0 (not detected) |
| Earlington Water & Sewer | 1,708 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mortons Gap Water Department | 1,485 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dawson Springs, 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 Dawson Springs 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.