Carter County, KY
drinking water quality

26,098 residents · 4 public water systems · 6 ZIP codes

Worst PFAS result on federal record
No PFAS above the federal limit

EPA sampled 3 of 4 public water systems here, together serving about 28,539 people. Last sampled 9/16/2025.

Health-based violations

Separately from PFAS, EPA records 4 health-based violations across 1 of the county’s water systems since 2020, the most recent in 2025. They involved contaminant 2920, haloacetic acids.

What this means

PFAS are industrial chemicals that EPA describes as breaking down only very slowly in the environment. In April 2024 EPA set the first enforceable national limits: 4 ng/L for PFOA and PFOS, 10 ng/L for PFHxS, PFNA and GenX.

These figures are county-level and come from EPA’s sampling of public water systems. They describe the worst result found in the county, not what comes out of any particular tap — that depends on which system serves the address, and on the plumbing in the building. A private well is not covered by this programme at all.

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ZIP codes in Carter County

41132 · 41142 · 41143 · 41146 · 41164 · 41181

Readings are county-level, so every ZIP here shares the figure above. Search your ZIP on the map to see it in context.

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