Graves Co Water Dist - Hardeman, KY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 Graves Co Water Dist - Hardeman
Graves Co Water Dist - Hardeman serves about 1,006 people through 380 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 groundwater, in Graves County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0420172; phone on file: 270-247-4661. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Graves Co Water Dist - Hardeman's lead record
That is down 5 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Graves Co Water Dist - Hardeman is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 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. Graves Co Water Dist - Hardeman's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in Kentucky and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Graves County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Graves Co Water Dist - Hardeman. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Electric & Water | 12,379 | 2 ppb |
| Graves Co Water Dist - Consumers | 5,016 | 2 ppb |
| Graves Co Water Dist - Hickory | 4,069 | 0 (not detected) |
| Graves Co Water Dist - South Graves | 1,844 | 0 (not detected) |
| Symsonia Water District | 1,810 | 0 (not detected) |
| Graves Co Water Dist - Fancy Farm | 1,301 | 5 ppb |
| Wingo Water & Sewer Department | 965 | 3 ppb |
| Graves Co Water Dist - Sedalia | 371 | 6 ppb |
Next steps for Mayfield, KY
Look up your address in Graves Co Water Dist - Hardeman'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 Graves Co Water Dist - Hardeman 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.