Jessamine Co Water District #1, 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.
Who runs the water here
Jessamine Co Water District #1 serves about 6,831 people through 2,758 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Jessamine County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0570214; phone on file: 859-885-9314. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Jessamine Co Water District #1's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jessamine Co Water District #1 is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Jessamine Co Water District #1 compares
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. Jessamine Co Water District #1's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in Kentucky and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Jessamine County
3 other systems share Jessamine County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Jessamine Co Water District #1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholasville Water Department | 35,266 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jessamine S Elkhorn Water Dist | 8,826 | 2 ppb |
| Wilmore Water Works | 5,762 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Jessamine Co Water District #1'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 Jessamine Co Water District #1 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.