Kentucky
Harlan County drinking water quality
17 active public water systems serve 27,378 people in Harlan County. 3 are compliant, 14 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 1 carries a health flag.
Needs attention
Community water systems
15 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Harlan Municipal Water Works |
4,574 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Cawood Water District |
4,428 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Evarts Municipal Water Plant |
3,059 | 3 | 1 | |
|
Cumberland Municipal Water Works |
2,843 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Black Mtn Utility/dayhoit |
1,954 | 4 | 1 | |
|
Black Mtn Utility/rosspoint |
1,889 | 4 | 0 | |
|
Black Mtn Utility/wallins |
1,485 | 3 | 0 | |
|
Green Hills Water District |
1,443 | 4 | 1 | |
|
Black Mtn Utility/kenvir |
1,396 | 3 | 0 | |
|
Lynch Water Works |
1,078 | 8 | 3 | |
|
Benham Water Plant |
855 | 2 | 2 | |
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Black Mtn Utility/sukey Ridge |
740 | 3 | 0 | |
|
Black Mtn Utility/louellen |
520 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Cawood Water-Pathfork |
463 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Black Mtn Utility/coxton |
356 | 3 | 0 |
Non-community systems (2: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kingdom Come State Park |
250 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Pine MT Settlement School |
45 | 1 | 0 |
Inactive systems (74, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Kentucky records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.