West Liberty Water Company, KY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
West Liberty Water Company at a glance
West Liberty Water Company serves about 2,367 people through 851 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Morgan County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0880452; phone on file: 606-743-1953. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
West Liberty Water Company's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Liberty Water Company is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How West Liberty Water Company compares
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. West Liberty Water Company's 3 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Kentucky and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Morgan County
1 other system shares Morgan County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Liberty Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan County Water District | 7,502 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; West 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 West Liberty Water Company 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.