Ne Woodford Co Water District, KY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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
Ne Woodford Co Water District serves about 2,644 people through 1,050 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 Woodford County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY1200310; phone on file: 859-873-5989. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Ne Woodford Co Water District's lead record
That is down 4 ppb from 6 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ne Woodford Co Water District is 7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 6 ppb |
| 2017 | 7 ppb |
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. Ne Woodford Co Water District's 2 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Kentucky and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Woodford County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Ne Woodford Co Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Versailles Water System | 17,822 | 6.22 ppb |
| So Woodford Co Water District | 4,218 | 2 ppb |
| Midway Municipal Water Works | 2,174 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Versailles, 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 Ne Woodford Co 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.