Ledbetter Water District, KY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Ledbetter Water District serves about 2,729 people through 1,270 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 Livingston County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0700243; phone on file: 270-898-3236. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ledbetter Water District is 8.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 8.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 8.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.5 ppb |
How Ledbetter Water District 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. Ledbetter Water District's 1.2 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Kentucky and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Livingston County
4 other systems share Livingston County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Ledbetter Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Crittenden-Livingston Co Water District | 9,571 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grand Rivers Water System | 3,980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salem Municipal Water System | 1,241 | 0 (not detected) |
| Smithland Water & Sewer | 989 | 2.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ledbetter, 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 Ledbetter Water District 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.