Liberty Water Works, KY
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Liberty Water Works at a glance
Liberty Water Works serves about 2,302 people through 961 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 Casey County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0230987; phone on file: 606-787-7234. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Liberty Water Works is 26 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 5 ppb |
| 2022 | 26 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 24 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 13 ppb over 10 |
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. Liberty Water Works's 2 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Kentucky and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
1 other system shares Casey County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Liberty Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| East Casey Co Water District | 12,460 | 2.27 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Liberty, 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 Liberty Water Works 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.