Wurtland Water Department, 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.
Who runs the water here
Wurtland Water Department serves about 1,815 people through 585 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 surface water, in Greenup County, Kentucky. EPA system ID: KY0450479; phone on file: 606-254-5335. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Wurtland Water Department's lead record
That is up 3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wurtland Water Department is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Wurtland Water Department 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. Wurtland Water Department's 3 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Kentucky and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Greenup County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wurtland Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greenup Water System | 12,193 | 1 ppb |
| Flatwoods Water Company | 9,649 | 2 ppb |
| City Of South Shore Water Works | 6,798 | 2 ppb |
| Russell Water Company | 5,181 | 3 ppb |
| Raceland Water System | 3,201 | 2 ppb |
| Worthington Municipal Water Works | 1,673 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wurtland, 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 Wurtland Water Department 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.