Fayette County, KY
drinking water quality
329,437 residents · 1 public water system · 16 ZIP codes
EPA sampled 1 of 1 public water system here, together serving about 669,042 people. EPA detected 6:2 FTS at 11.1 ng/L. EPA has not set a drinking water limit for 6:2 FTS, so there is no figure to compare it against. Last sampled 9/5/2023.
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.
ZIP codes in Fayette County
40502 · 40503 · 40504 · 40505 · 40507 · 40508 · 40509 · 40510 · 40511 · 40513 · 40514 · 40515 · 40516 · 40517 · 40526 · 40536
Readings are county-level, so every ZIP here shares the figure above. Search your ZIP on the map to see it in context.