Raceland Water System, KY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
About Raceland Water System
Raceland Water System serves about 3,201 people through 1,354 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 Greenup County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0450365; phone on file: 606-836-4522. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Raceland Water System is 2 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2 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. Raceland Water System's 2 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Kentucky and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Greenup County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Raceland Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greenup Water System | 12,193 | 1 ppb |
| Flatwoods Water Company | 9,649 | 2 ppb |
| City Of South Shore Water Works | 6,798 | 2 ppb |
| Russell Water Company | 5,181 | 3 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; Raceland, 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 Raceland 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.