Shelby County Water Quality

Name: Shelby County Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Shelby County, Kentucky: one city report built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

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Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

Lead (90th percentile)SHELBYVILLE WATER & SEWER COMMISSION15 µg/L federal action level · US EPA3 µg/L

SHELBYVILLE WATER & SEWER COMMISSION3 µg/LMonitoring period: 2023–2025

Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)SHELBYVILLE WATER & SEWER COMMISSIONNo federal or state limit; shown for transparency4.3 ng/L

SHELBYVILLE WATER & SEWER COMMISSION4.3 ng/LSample date: 2025-01-23 to 2025-11-11

29 substances tested, none detected in this systemShow

Tested in this system: SHELBYVILLE WATER & SEWER COMMISSION

11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
Lithium
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)

1 city

Cities ranked by the records

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ShelbyvilleSHELBYVILLE WATER & SEWER COMMISSION
PFAS detected, within limitLead below action level
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Showing 1 of 1 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Shelby CountyPFAS detected in 1 of 1 city; none above a federal limit

4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in Kentucky

Lead

0of 1 city above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in Kentucky

Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

ShelbyvilleSHELBYVILLE WATER & SEWER COMMISSION · KY1060394
23,760 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Shelby County tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 1 city in Shelby County by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is Shelbyville's main water system: SHELBYVILLE WATER & SEWER COMMISSION · PWSID KY1060394 · Purity Score 97 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Shelby County cities have PFAS above the federal limit?

None of the 1 Shelby County cities on record had a regulated PFAS above the 2024 federal limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. PFAS were detected below the limit in 1.

Is there lead in Shelby County tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 1 of 1 Shelby County cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

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