Western Lewis Rectorville Water District, 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.
Western Lewis Rectorville Water District at a glance
Western Lewis Rectorville Water District serves about 6,534 people through 2,534 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Mason County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0810366; phone on file: 606-564-4449. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Western Lewis Rectorville Water District's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Western Lewis Rectorville Water District is 14 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 2.1 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. Western Lewis Rectorville Water District's 2 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Kentucky and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Mason County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Western Lewis Rectorville Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Maysville Utility Commission | 11,263 | 3 ppb |
| Buffalo Trail Water Assoc | 4,514 | 0 (not detected) |
| Western Mason Co Water District | 2,994 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Maysville, KY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Maysville, 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 Western Lewis Rectorville Water District whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1513 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.