Richmond Utilities, KY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Richmond Utilities at a glance
Richmond Utilities serves about 35,640 people through 13,487 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Madison County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0760370; phone on file: 859-369-5389. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Richmond Utilities's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Richmond Utilities is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Richmond Utilities's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 55th percentile in Kentucky and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Madison County
4 other systems share Madison County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Richmond Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Madison Co Utilities District | 25,120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southern Madison Water District | 14,707 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berea Municipal Utilities | 9,972 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kirksville Water Association | 5,940 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Richmond Utilities'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 Richmond Utilities 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.