Is Benton Water & Sewer Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Marshall

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

204

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1998-01-01 → 1998-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1998-01-01 → 1998-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1998-01-01 → 1998-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1994-10-01 → 1994-10-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1994-10-01 → 1994-10-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1994-10-01 → 1994-10-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-09-01 → 1993-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-09-01 → 1993-09-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	380 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 840 µg/L	59/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2024
Fluoride	1055 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1100 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	6.775 µg/L 8.5% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 8 µg/L	8/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	22.6 µg/L 151% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 28 µg/L	6/60	SYR4	2012–2018
Barium	10.885 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 11 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Chromium	0.7500 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.14 pCi/L 23% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	1.1 pCi/L 7.3% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2019

94 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitrateNitrate-NitriteNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SEAVERS, TONY
Phone: 270-527-8677
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Benton Water & Sewer

Is Benton Water & Sewer tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 9 contaminants in Benton Water & Sewer's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Benton Water & Sewer's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Fluoride, TTHM, Lead, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Benton Water & Sewer serve?

Benton Water & Sewer reports serving 7,981 people in Kentucky, per its EPA record.

Has Benton Water & Sewer had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 204 violations on file for Benton Water & Sewer, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.