Greenup Water System, KY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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
Greenup Water System serves about 12,193 people through 4,401 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Greenup County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0450169; phone on file: 606-473-6757. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Greenup Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Greenup Water System is 2.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2.9 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. Greenup Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Kentucky and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Greenup County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Greenup Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Flatwoods Water Company | 9,649 | 2 ppb |
| City Of South Shore Water Works | 6,798 | 2 ppb |
| Russell Water Company | 5,181 | 3 ppb |
| Raceland Water System | 3,201 | 2 ppb |
| Wurtland Water Department | 1,815 | 3 ppb |
| Worthington Municipal Water Works | 1,673 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Greenup, 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 Greenup Water System 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.