Nelson County, Kentucky

EPA Safe Drinking Water Act

  • Public Drinking Water Systems

    4

  • Community Water Systems

    4

  • Systems with Violations

    1

  • Systems with Health Based Violations

    0

  • Systems Listed as Serious Violators

    0

  • Unresolved SDWA Violations

    1

  • Oldest Unresolved Violation

    11/20/2024

  • Population Served

    51,678

EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

  • CWA Percent Non-Compliant

    0.94%

  • CWA Non-Compliant Systems

    3

  • CWA Total Violations

    15

The American Community Survey

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

    69

  • PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS LACKING COMPLETE PLUMBING FACILITIES

    0.374%

  • TOTAL POPULATION

    46,779

  • MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME (5-YEAR AVERAGE)

    $66,212

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

    1.6%

  • MALE

    23,364

  • FEMALE

    23,415

  • MEDIAN AGE

    39.9

  • MULTIRACIAL

    45,671

  • WHITE

    42,112

  • AFRICAN AMERICAN

    2,235

  • LATINO

    1,108

  • ASIAN

    245

  • AMERICAN INDIAN

    7

  • 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=21179 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/