What is the Munimetric score for Kentucky?

Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in Kentucky. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.

Which water systems in Kentucky face the most infrastructure stress?

The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in Kentucky by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.

How does Kentucky compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?

Kentucky is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.

Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Kentucky water systems?

Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.

Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Kentucky water systems?

Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.

What compliance signals are active in Kentucky?

Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across Kentucky water systems.

Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Kentucky?

Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.

How many covered systems in Kentucky have recent recorded drinking-water violations?

Stored public records show 58 covered systems with recent drinking-water violations, with 450 recorded violations across 233 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.

How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in Kentucky?

Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 218 covered systems; 102 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.

How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in Kentucky?

Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 230 covered systems; 113 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.

What source-water types are represented across covered Kentucky systems?

Stored identity records group covered Kentucky systems by source-water type: Surface water: 207, Groundwater: 26.

Where can I find official drinking-water records for Kentucky?

The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for Kentucky.

Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?

No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

States / Kentucky

Kentucky

Name: Kentucky Drinking Water Infrastructure Stress Data
Creator: Munimetric
License: https://munimetric.com/terms

Kentucky municipal water system monitoring across 233 scored service markets serving approximately 5.1 million people, with Munimetric scores, stress signals, market rankings, and infrastructure risk context. This state profile highlights what is happening and why it matters using water-system, fiscal, capital, and signal context.

Kentucky has an average MISI infrastructure stress score of 17.5/100 in the Stable band as of 2026-08-18. Public records summarize recent drinking-water violations, PFAS monitoring records, lead and copper context, and source-water mix across 233 covered systems. Updated May 2026.

National context

States sized by scored-market count. Color reflects average stress band.

233Markets scored

17.5Headline composite

~5.1MPop. served

838Active signals

Band distribution (MISI)

State headline composite

Component of current headline composite

Infrastructure Stress11.1 / 100

Physical, compliance, and capital-execution pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Socioeconomic Stress2.8 / 100

Affordability, demand-base, and parent-government fiscal pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Observability Stress3.6 / 100

Staleness, disclosure freshness, and reporting-visibility effects reflected in the blended headline composite.

17.5 headline compositeKentucky state composite233 markets~5.1M people served

State interpretation guide

How to read Kentucky headline composite

Plain-language summary

Kentucky currently shows an average MISI headline composite of 17.5 versus a national average of 24.4. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.

Why this page stands out

233 scored systems are included in this state view, with explicit confidence and source-backed context.
State posture is benchmarked against national averages, not evaluated in isolation.
Top system links below connect state-level findings directly to profile-level diagnostics.

What to do next

Review the executive context to understand the state-level pressure pattern.
Open top system profiles to inspect what is actually driving stress at market level.
Use saved monitoring after research access is enabled to follow high-stress systems over time.

Priority Kentucky paths

Public record layer

Statewide Water Quality Context

Stored public-record context for recent drinking-water violations, contaminant monitoring, and source-water mix across covered systems. This is not a tap-water safety determination and does not change the MISI score.

Systems with recent violations

58 of 233Systems with recent public violation rows.

Source-water mix233 systems

Surface water207
Groundwater26
Purchased water0
Mixed source0
Not stored0

Latest identity snapshot: Jun 30, 2026

Coverage

Violation, enforcement, and compliance-burden counts use the recent 3 years window for dated stored records.
Drinking-water identity snapshots are stored for 233 of 233 included scored systems.
PFAS monitoring summary records are stored for 218 of 233 included systems; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
Lead and copper summary records are stored for 230 of 233 included systems; missing records are not treated as absence of lead/copper context.

Water quality questionsDefinitions and public-record context

How many covered systems in Kentucky have recent recorded drinking-water violations?: Stored public records show 58 covered systems with recent drinking-water violations, with 450 recorded violations across 233 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.
How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in Kentucky?: Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 218 covered systems; 102 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.
How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in Kentucky?: Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 230 covered systems; 113 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.
What source-water types are represented across covered Kentucky systems?: Stored identity records group covered Kentucky systems by source-water type: Surface water: 207, Groundwater: 26.
Where can I find official drinking-water records for Kentucky?: The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for Kentucky.
Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?: No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

Official records

Public drinking-water profileEPA ECHO: Federal drinking-water dashboard and public-record search entry point.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: Federal contaminant-monitoring program reference and public data entry point.

Methodology/source notes

Methodology/source notesDisplayed from stored public drinking-water records and official program references. This layer does not change MISI.
Enforcement historyEPA ECHO / SDWIS: Violation and enforcement counts are aggregated from stored public compliance records across covered systems.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: PFAS context uses stored contaminant-monitoring summaries where available; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
State drinking-water programOfficial link not currently stored for this state program mapping.

Top recent compliance-burden systemsRecent 3 years

System	Population	Source water	Recent violations	Recent enforcement	Public-record flags
Fleming-Neon Water CompanyKY0670279	3,212	Surface water	92	191	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context
Providence Water WorksKY1170361	4,538	Surface water	40	169	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Union County Water DistrictKY1130433	6,117	Surface water	24	68	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, PFAS detections in stored records
Edmonson Co Water DistrictKY0310114	17,848	Surface water	23	98	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context
Beattyville Water WorksKY0650024	8,428	Surface water	22	30	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Sturgis Water WorksKY1130422	3,490	Surface water	20	61	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
North Manchester Water AssocKY0260266	5,332	Surface water	16	23	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures
Southern Water & Sewer DistrictKY0360026	15,110	Surface water	15	50	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context

This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. For current advisories or health guidance, consult the utility or state drinking-water program.

Executive context

What This Page Shows

233 of the community drinking-water systems in Kentucky are currently scored. Analytics below are calculated from this covered subset only. Covered systems serve approximately 5.1M people.

What the Data Suggests

Kentucky has 233 scored service markets in the Munimetric coverage set, covering roughly 5.1 million residents in total. At the latest reading, the state-level average lands at 17.5 out of 100, indicating limited signs of structural stress in aggregate. A relatively small share — roughly 2% — currently sit in elevated-stress bands.

Across state markets, Capex Pressure (6.9 points average) and Governance Risk (4.2) are the leading contributors to headline stress. The relatively close spacing suggests pressure is spread across more than one dimension.

838 active signals are recorded across state markets. The most prevalent is Utility Data Staleness, affecting 158 markets.

State-level average stress has been relatively steady between recent observation periods, suggesting the current picture reflects persistent conditions rather than a sudden shift.

This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.

Recent Movement

Latest average MISI is 17.5 as of Aug 18, 2026. Movement since Aug 17, 2026 is flat.

Compact summary from 96 stored state observations.

State Family Contribution Summary

Capex Pressure6.9 / 20.0

Governance Risk4.2 / 20.0

Operational Stress4.2 / 20.0

Revenue Fragility2.2 / 20.0

Rate Constraint0.0 / 20.0

Signals

Signal Frequency

Signal	Severity	Markets affected	% of scored
Utility Data Staleness	high	158	68%
Climate Hazard Exposure	high	125	54%
Lead & Copper Rule Risk	high	113	48%
PFAS Contamination Risk	high	102	44%
Compliance Escalation	high	89	38%
High-AGI Out-Migration	high	76	33%
Infrastructure Capital Gap	high	59	25%
Parent-Government Fiscal Stress	high	45	19%
Population Served Decline	high	42	18%
Housing Market Weakness	medium	13	6%
Monitoring / Reporting Failures	medium	9	4%
Current Drought Severity	medium	7	3%

Markets

Top Markets

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Pineville Water System	44.3	Fragile	17K	7
2	Mountain Water Dist #1 Marrow Bone	43.7	Fragile	44K	9
3	Kentucky-American Water Co	42.8	Fragile	669K	7
4	Martin Co Water District #1	40.7	Fragile	9K	8
5	Prestonsburg City Utilities	39.4	Watch	27K	7
6	Campton Water System	36.8	Watch	7K	6
7	Pikeville Water Department	36.7	Watch	10K	8
8	Tompkinsville Water Works	35.6	Watch	2K	5
9	Morgan County Water District	34.9	Watch	8K	5
10	Hopkinsville Water Environmental Auth	34.9	Watch	41K	6
11	Albany Water Works	34.8	Watch	9K	6
12	Louisville Water Company	34.3	Watch	807K	6
13	Whitesburg Water Works	34.0	Watch	4K	7
14	Southern Water & Sewer District	32.8	Watch	15K	6
15	Cumberland Municipal Water Works	32.7	Watch	3K	7
16	Hardin County Water District #2	32.3	Watch	76K	6
17	Hazard Water Department	32.0	Watch	27K	7
18	US 60 Water District	31.4	Watch	8K	6
19	Booneville Water and Sewer	31.3	Watch	5K	4
20	Ledbetter Water District	30.7	Watch	3K	6

Comparison

State Comparison

National average: 24.4

Rank	State	Avg Score	Band	Markets	Delta vs State
48	Vermont	17.9	Stable	31	+0.5
49	Tennessee	17.6	Stable	261	+0.1
50	Kentucky	17.5	Stable	233	+0.0
51	Georgia	16.4	Stable	236	-1.1
52	Puerto Rico	8.3	Stable	41	-9.2

Analytical posture

State Stress Analytics

Score Distribution

Distribution of scored market scores with the state average overlay.

233 markets plotted.

Stress vs Population

Each point is a scored market; tooltip reveals market-level context.

232 markets plotted.

Population View

People served by community water systems in Kentucky, colored by stress band.

~5.1M people served by 233 systems in Kentucky

Stable

Watch

Fragile

High Stress

Critical

233 scored systems · colored by stress band

Peer Constellation

Select a market to see its nearest peers by score similarity.

Center market:

24 nearest peers by score distance.

Score Trend

Latest

17.5

Trend

+14.5

Observations

Extended layers

Advanced State Context

Priority views, detailed registers, and methodology supporting the analytical core above.

Markets & signals

Priority Views

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Pineville Water System	44.3	Fragile	17K	7
2	Mountain Water Dist #1 Marrow Bone	43.7	Fragile	44K	9
3	Kentucky-American Water Co	42.8	Fragile	669K	7
4	Martin Co Water District #1	40.7	Fragile	9K	8
5	Prestonsburg City Utilities	39.4	Watch	27K	7
6	Campton Water System	36.8	Watch	7K	6
7	Pikeville Water Department	36.7	Watch	10K	8
8	Tompkinsville Water Works	35.6	Watch	2K	5
9	Morgan County Water District	34.9	Watch	8K	5
10	Hopkinsville Water Environmental Auth	34.9	Watch	41K	6
11	Albany Water Works	34.8	Watch	9K	6
12	Louisville Water Company	34.3	Watch	807K	6
13	Whitesburg Water Works	34.0	Watch	4K	7
14	Southern Water & Sewer District	32.8	Watch	15K	6
15	Cumberland Municipal Water Works	32.7	Watch	3K	7
16	Hardin County Water District #2	32.3	Watch	76K	6
17	Hazard Water Department	32.0	Watch	27K	7
18	US 60 Water District	31.4	Watch	8K	6
19	Booneville Water and Sewer	31.3	Watch	5K	4
20	Ledbetter Water District	30.7	Watch	3K	6

Detailed records

Registers

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Pineville Water System	44.3	Fragile	17K	7
2	Mountain Water Dist #1 Marrow Bone	43.7	Fragile	44K	9
3	Kentucky-American Water Co	42.8	Fragile	669K	7
4	Martin Co Water District #1	40.7	Fragile	9K	8
5	Prestonsburg City Utilities	39.4	Watch	27K	7
6	Campton Water System	36.8	Watch	7K	6
7	Pikeville Water Department	36.7	Watch	10K	8
8	Tompkinsville Water Works	35.6	Watch	2K	5
9	Morgan County Water District	34.9	Watch	8K	5
10	Hopkinsville Water Environmental Auth	34.9	Watch	41K	6
11	Albany Water Works	34.8	Watch	9K	6
12	Louisville Water Company	34.3	Watch	807K	6
13	Whitesburg Water Works	34.0	Watch	4K	7
14	Southern Water & Sewer District	32.8	Watch	15K	6
15	Cumberland Municipal Water Works	32.7	Watch	3K	7
16	Hardin County Water District #2	32.3	Watch	76K	6
17	Hazard Water Department	32.0	Watch	27K	7
18	US 60 Water District	31.4	Watch	8K	6
19	Booneville Water and Sewer	31.3	Watch	5K	4
20	Ledbetter Water District	30.7	Watch	3K	6

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 233 community drinking-water systems in Kentucky, covering compliance conditions, capital needs, revenue and rate pressure, and governance risk. Use this page to research which systems face the highest structural stress and how Kentucky compares nationally.

Which water systems in Kentucky face the most infrastructure stress?: The highest-stress systems in Kentucky are ranked by MISI score above. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk—not a single compliance event. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.
How does Kentucky compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: Kentucky is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. The state comparison table above shows where Kentucky ranks nationally and how its average score compares.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Kentucky water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
What compliance signals are active in Kentucky?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, data staleness, and financial stress indicators across Kentucky systems. The signal frequency table above summarizes which signals are most prevalent statewide.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Kentucky?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions—compliance posture, infrastructure stress, and governance risk—that provide broader context around system reliability.

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Water Infrastructure in Kentucky

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 233 community drinking-water systems in Kentucky. Each system receives a Munimetric Infrastructure Stress Index (MISI) score from 0 to 100, calculated across five risk families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. Higher scores indicate more structural stress. Scores are source-backed and deterministic, drawing from EPA SDWA compliance records, American Community Survey demographic and economic data, FEMA National Risk Index hazard profiles, and state financial disclosures.

State-level monitoring shows which systems face the highest structural stress, how Kentucky compares against other states nationally, and which monitoring signals are most active across the state. Each individual system profile includes compliance history, score family drivers, peer rankings within population-based cohorts where safeguards pass, and public source context. Full provenance cards and source workbench views remain workflow-gated. Munimetric covers community water systems across all 50 states and territories. This is structural risk research—not a water quality rating, advisory feed, or credit rating. Updated May 2026.

The statewide public-record layer adds drinking-water violation categories, PFAS monitoring summaries where stored, lead and copper context, source-water mix, and official record links across covered systems. These records help explain water-system context alongside infrastructure stress without turning Munimetric into a tap-water safety determination.

What is the Munimetric score for Kentucky?: Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in Kentucky. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.
Which water systems in Kentucky face the most infrastructure stress?: The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in Kentucky by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.
How does Kentucky compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: Kentucky is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Kentucky water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Kentucky water systems?: Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.
What compliance signals are active in Kentucky?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across Kentucky water systems.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Kentucky?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.