Ballard, KY
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against other tracked counties rather than against these fixed caps.
Environmental data for Ballard in Kentucky · Population: 7,678
TRI sites such as Phoenix Paper Wickliffe LLC; Ingevity Virginia Corp-Wickliffe Carbon Plant; SDWIS systems such as KEVIL WATER DEPARTMENT; LACENTER MUNICIPAL WATER CO; WICKLIFFE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM anchor Ballard, KY's EPA extract. Derived burden score 27/100 (Low Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Health-flagged SDWIS rows in Ballard include LACENTER MUNICIPAL WATER CO, while Phoenix Paper Wickliffe LLC leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 27/100 (Low Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for Ballard -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Ballard, KY: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-31.6%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-31.6%
2.2 million lb → 1.5 million lb, every facility that filed
- Ballard, KY's total reported releases fell from 2.2 million lb in 2022 to 1.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ballard, KY's water releases fell from 650.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 142.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ballard, KY's land releases fell from 52.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 23.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ballard, KY's air releases fell from 1.5 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (4)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| KEVIL WATER DEPARTMENT | 1,782 | 0 |
| LACENTER MUNICIPAL WATER CO | 1,291 | 1 |
| WICKLIFFE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM | 1,264 | 0 |
| BARLOW WATER SYSTEM | 1,040 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (2)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix Paper Wickliffe LLC | 6.4M lbs |
| 2 | Ingevity Virginia Corp-Wickliffe Carbon Plant | 45.6K lbs |
Cities in Ballard (2)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.