Southeastern Water Assoc/Nelson Valley, KY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Southeastern Water Assoc/Nelson Valley
Southeastern Water Assoc/Nelson Valley serves about 21,895 people through 8,014 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Pulaski County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY1000311; phone on file: 606-678-5501. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Southeastern Water Assoc/Nelson Valley is 1.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.4 ppb |
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. Southeastern Water Assoc/Nelson Valley's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 50th 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.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Pulaski County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Southeastern Water Assoc/Nelson Valley. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Somerset Water Service | 29,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Western Pulaski Co Water District | 23,264 | 2 ppb |
| Eubank Water System | 12,492 | 0 (not detected) |
| Science Hill Water Works | 5,940 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bronston Water Associaton Inc | 5,114 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burnside Water Company | 2,284 | 2 ppb |
| Woodson Bend Property Owners Assoc | 1,455 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Southeastern Water Assoc/Nelson Valley'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 Southeastern Water Assoc/Nelson Valley 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.