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Harlan County, Kentucky: drinking water records

This overview covers 25 ZIP codes and 15 community water systems in Harlan County. It also stands in for 0 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.

In focus25ZIP codes in this overview
Public records. Clearer context.
4
systems in EPA's PFAS survey
0
systems where PFAS was found
0
systems at or above the PFOA or PFOS limit, on the yearly-average basis EPA uses
0
systems that have reached the lead action level
8
systems with a health-based violation since 2016

System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.

Water systems with the most complete records

Water systemPeople servedPFAS survey resultsPFAS foundHealth-based violationsLead, 9 in 10 homes at or below
Harlan Municipal Water Works KY04801784,574120010 ppb
Cawood Water District KY04805654,428120010 ppb
Cumberland Municipal Water Works KY04800922,843120040 ppb
Benham Water Plant KY0480028855120020 ppb
Evarts Municipal Water Plant KY04801253,0590020 ppb
Black Mtn Utility/Dayhoit KY04802771,9540010 ppb
Lynch Water Works KY04802621,0780022 ppb
Black Mtn Utility/Coxton KY04802653560010 ppb
Black Mtn Utility/Rosspoint KY04806501,8890000 ppb
Black Mtn Utility/Wallins KY04805721,4850000 ppb
Green Hills Water District KY04803411,4430004 ppb
Black Mtn Utility/Kenvir KY04806031,3960000 ppb
Black Mtn Utility/Sukey Ridge KY04804617400000 ppb
Black Mtn Utility/Louellen KY04804985200002 ppb
Cawood Water-Pathfork KY04837274630000 ppb

ZIP reports in Harlan County

No ZIP report in this county is published yet.

Sources and scope

EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.

Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.

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