Kentucky Environmental Profile

Comprehensive environmental data from EPA sources for Kentucky (KY)

Overview

TRI Facilities
407
Water Systems
376
Superfund Sites
20
Total Violations
1,788
Total Releases
35.7M lbs
Health Violations
195
water systems

Largest Polluters

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# Facility Total Releases
1 NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS 5.3M lbs
2 BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATION 2.3M lbs
3 U.S. TVA SHAWNEE FOSSIL PLANT 2.0M lbs
4 KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO GHENT STATION 1.7M lbs
5 PHOENIX PAPER WICKLIFFE LLC 1.5M lbs
6 SPURLOCK POWER STATION 1.3M lbs
7 LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO. - TRIMBLE COUNTY STATION 1.2M lbs
8 REAL ALLOY RECYCLING LLC 1.1M lbs
9 LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO. - MILL CREEK STATION 1.1M lbs
10 PERDUE FOODS LLC - CROMWELL PROCESSING PLANT 946.8K lbs
11 DOMTAR PAPER CO LLC HAWESVILLE MILL 776.8K lbs
12 DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY INC. EAST BEND GENERATING STATION 709.9K lbs
13 SEKISUI SPECIALTY CHEMICALS AMERICA LLC 693.1K lbs
14 DOW SILICONES CORP 679.1K lbs
15 US ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 645.9K lbs
16 CENTURY ALUMINUM SEBREE LLC 573.4K lbs
17 NUCOR STEEL GALLATIN LLC 569.6K lbs
18 AHLSTROM FILTRATION LLC 510.7K lbs
19 WESTLAKE VINYLS INC 436.6K lbs
20 KOWA KENTUCKY INC. 433.6K lbs

Water Quality

Systems with Health Violations

Water System Population Violations
PROVIDENCE WATER WORKS 4,538 125
MOUNTAIN WATER DIST 44,057 76
UNION COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 6,117 53
EDMONSON CO WATER DISTRICT 17,848 49
MARTIN WATER DEPARTMENT 1,167 49
MARTIN CO WATER DISTRICT #1 9,003 49
SMITHLAND WATER & SEWER 989 46
REID VILLAGE WATER DISTRICT 2,545 46
SOUTHERN WATER & SEWER DISTRICT 15,110 41
HANSON WATER SYSTEM 2,157 40
CALHOUN WATER WORKS 966 33
UNIONTOWN WATER & SEWER DEPT 1,496 30
BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT 13,044 29
JENKINS WATER SYSTEM 2,609 27
LEWISBURG WATER WORKS 3,119 26
NEW HAVEN MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS 1,357 26
ALBANY WATER WORKS 9,042 24
STURGIS WATER WORKS 3,490 24
JESSAMINE S ELKHORN WATER DIST 8,826 23
DRAKESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT 888 23

Cities with Water Issues

Superfund Sites (20)

Site Name Status HRS Score
A.L. Taylor (Valley of Drums) Deleted NPL Site 0.00
Airco Deleted NPL Site 33.29
B.F. Goodrich NPL Site 33.01
Brantley Landfill Deleted NPL Site 52.73
Caldwell Lace Leather Co., Inc. NPL Site 34.21
Distler Brickyard NPL Site 44.77
Distler Farm NPL Site 34.62
Fort Hartford Coal Co. Stone Quarry Deleted NPL Site 43.84
General Tire & Rubber Co. (Mayfield Landfill) Deleted NPL Site 32.94
Green River Disposal, Inc. NPL Site 29.12
Howe Valley Landfill Deleted NPL Site 36.73
Lee's Lane Landfill Deleted NPL Site 39.52
Maxey Flats Nuclear Disposal NPL Site 31.71
National Electric Coil Co./Cooper Industries NPL Site 50.00
National Southwire Aluminum Co. Deleted NPL Site 50.00
Newport Dump Deleted NPL Site 37.63
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (USDOE) NPL Site 56.95
Red Penn Sanitation Co. Landfill Deleted NPL Site 38.10
Smith's Farm NPL Site 32.69
Tri-City Disposal Co. NPL Site 33.82

Counties (82 total)

County Population Facilities
Jefferson 65
Boone 23
Warren 20
Daviess 15
Marshall 12
Christian 13
Henderson 12
Hardin 8
Kenton 10
Madison 10
Mccracken 9
Fayette 9
Barren 8
Pulaski 8
Simpson 8
Logan 6
Bullitt 3
Carroll 6
Nelson 6
Ohio 5

Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Kentucky has 82 counties total.

Largest Cities

Bardstown
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5 facilities · 1 water systems
Bedford
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Campbellsburg
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Eminence
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2 facilities · 1 water systems
Lebanon
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5 facilities · 2 water systems
Bowling Green
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20 facilities · 4 water systems
Shelbyville
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6 facilities · 1 water systems
Smithfield
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Springfield
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2 facilities · 1 water systems
Boston
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Brandenburg
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3 facilities · 2 water systems
Brooks
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Fort Knox
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Shepherdsville
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Louisville
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66 facilities · 2 water systems
Harrodsburg
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3 facilities · 1 water systems
Georgetown
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5 facilities · 1 water systems
Lawrenceburg
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3 facilities · 2 water systems
Midway
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Morehead
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1 facilities · 3 water systems

About This Data

This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Kentucky: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.

PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.