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Catlettsburg Tap Water Quality Report
Catlettsburg's water has 1 contaminant above EPA's legal limit (MCL, enforceable from April 26, 2029). Consider using a certified water filter for additional protection.
Water system
BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT
People Served
13,044
Health-based violations since 2020
4
BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT. EPA SDWA violation data as of Q2 2026 (downloaded 2026-07-09).
Latest sample on file
Oct 2024 · BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT
Utilities publish newer results in their annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report).
Is Catlettsburg Tap Water Safe to Drink?
We recommend using a certified water filter for additional protection, especially for vulnerable populations like children, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems. Catlettsburg's water has 1 contaminant above EPA's legal limit (MCL, enforceable from April 26, 2029).
BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT, Catlettsburg's water system, serves 13,044 people. Water quality testing is conducted regularly and reported to the EPA. The latest sample on file for BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT is from Oct 2024.
In EPA's 2023–2026 UCMR 5 testing, BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT measured lithium at up to 23.1 µg/L, which EPA counts as above its health reference level of 10 µg/L. That level is a screening value EPA uses to decide what to study further, not a legal limit, and this result does not change this page's water-quality summary.
Boil water advisories are issued by water systems and state agencies, and they change from day to day. Boil water advisories in Kentucky
Catlettsburg Water Service Areas
What these numbers actually mean for Catlettsburg, KY
We read Catlettsburg, KY’s published record and send you a short report — which findings warrant a decision, which to ignore, and what to do about it. Including when the answer is nothing.
- 1 contaminant above EPA's legal limit (MCL, enforceable from April 26, 2029) and 4 health-based EPA violations that began after the latest compliance result on file
- 27 results on file
- 23 PFAS compounds on record
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Fluoride in Catlettsburg's water
BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT
PWSID KY0100944
No fluoride level in our data for BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT. Your utility's annual water quality report (CCR) lists it.
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What Catlettsburg's water readings can explain
We publish a city-level hardness figure for Catlettsburg, resolved from its water systems where they report one and estimated from county sampling where they do not. Each page starts with the hot-tap and cold-tap check, then shows what your own water system reported.
On a private well near Catlettsburg? Public-water results do not apply to private wells. See Boyd County well water testing and USGS risk data — modeled arsenic, nitrate, and the tests to run.
Water softener cost and installation in Catlettsburg
Catlettsburg's tap water has an estimated 9.4 grains per gallon (161.0 mg/L, county sampling in Boyd County) — hard on the USGS scale, the range where scale on fixtures and appliances is the usual complaint.
Water softener cost for an estimated 9.4 gpg water in Catlettsburg — equipment and local installation labour for your ZIP code, with the sizing arithmetic shown in full. For the national picture first, read what a water softener costs — equipment, installation labour and ten-year ownership, each separated out. For Kentucky as a whole, read water softener cost in Kentucky — priced against the plumber wage published for the state.
Frequently Asked Questions About Catlettsburg Tap Water
Catlettsburg's water has 1 contaminant above EPA's legal limit (MCL, enforceable from April 26, 2029). We recommend using a certified water filter for additional protection, especially for vulnerable populations like children, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems. EPA records 4 health-based violations for BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT that began after its latest compliance result on file (Apr 2022): Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average (TTHM), 4 violations, the first beginning on April 1, 2024 and the latest on January 1, 2025. Every such result predates them; its later EPA UCMR 5 results (Oct 2024) screen for unregulated contaminants and cannot show the water met this standard, so this page does not call the water safe.
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