Letcher County, Kentucky

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EPA Safe Drinking Water Act

  • Public Drinking Water Systems

    5

  • Community Water Systems

    4

  • Systems with Violations

    2

  • Systems with Health Based Violations

    0

  • Systems Listed as Serious Violators

    0

  • Unresolved SDWA Violations

    3

  • Oldest Unresolved Violation

    11/20/2024

  • Population Served

    12,555

EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

  • CWA Percent Non-Compliant

    6.29%

  • CWA Non-Compliant Systems

    20

  • CWA Total Violations

    39

The American Community Survey

  • HOUSEHOLDS LACKING COMPLETE PLUMBING FACILITIES (5-YEAR AVERAGE)

    36

  • PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS LACKING COMPLETE PLUMBING FACILITIES

    0.428%

  • TOTAL POPULATION

    21,490

  • MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME (5-YEAR AVERAGE)

    $38,466

  • PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL (5-YEAR AVERAGE)

    15.4%

  • MALE

    10,702

  • FEMALE

    10,788

  • MEDIAN AGE

    42.7

  • MULTIRACIAL

    21,291

  • WHITE

    20,794

  • AFRICAN AMERICAN

    141

  • LATINO

    199

  • ASIAN

    43

  • AMERICAN INDIAN

    8

  • NATIVE PACIFIC ISLANDER

    0

To learn more about individual water systems and violations please visit the echo.epa.gov interactive map for this county here: https://echo.epa.gov/facilities/facility-search/results?p_st=KY&p_fips=21133 Other .gov state water resources: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/state/kentucky/https://enviro.epa.gov/envirofacts/sdwis/search/form?state_abbr=KY Additional state water resources:https://amwater.com/kyaw/

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