Wickliffe Municipal Water System, KY
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 14 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Wickliffe Municipal Water System serves about 1,264 people through 456 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 groundwater, in Ballard County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0040469; phone on file: 270-335-3557. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Wickliffe Municipal Water System's lead record
That is up 14 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wickliffe Municipal Water System is 14 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Wickliffe Municipal Water System's 14 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Kentucky and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
3 other systems share Ballard County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wickliffe Municipal Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kevil Water Department | 1,782 | 3.92 ppb |
| Lacenter Municipal Water Co | 1,291 | 3.3 ppb |
| Barlow Water System | 1,040 | 2.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wickliffe, 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 Wickliffe Municipal 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.