Public water system · KY0082894
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At a glance
Potters Ranch (PWSID KY0082894) is an active transient non-community water system in Boone County, Kentucky. It reports serving 100 people through 17 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2020.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
100
Service connections
17
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Potters Ranch compare with other water systems in Boone County?
By EPA's size categories, Potters Ranch is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Boone County has 9 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 11,171 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 100,541 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Kentucky, the 437 active systems average 11,699 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Potters Ranch is about 31% below that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Kentucky has 50 active transient non-community water systems, 11% of the state's 437 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 111 Kentucky systems (25%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Potters Ranch?
EPA lists Potters Ranch as privately owned. The KY state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 5 of the 9 active systems in Boone County (56%) are also privately owned.
Does Potters Ranch have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2020. The violations listed here began between January 1996 and November 2020. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is E. coli (2 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Vinyl chloridecode 2976 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Carbon tetrachloridecode 2982 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Endothallcode 2033 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipatecode 2035 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Hexachlorocyclopentadienecode 2042 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Dinosebcode 2041 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Aldicarb sulfoxidecode 2043 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Aldicarbcode 2047 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Atrazinecode 2050 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | 1,2-Dichloroethanecode 2980 | No | Resolved |
The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Potters Ranch: frequently asked questions
Who runs Potters Ranch?
Potters Ranch (PWSID KY0082894) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the KY state drinking water program.
How many people does Potters Ranch serve?
Potters Ranch reports serving 100 people through 17 service connections in Boone County, Kentucky.
Where does Potters Ranch get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Potters Ranch have any drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2020. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Potters Ranch's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the KY state drinking water program.
Where can I find Potters Ranch's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Potters Ranch is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Boone County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Co Water & Sewer District | Boone | 66,300 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Florence Water & Sewer | Boone | 29,351 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Walton Waterworks Department | Boone | 4,173 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| River Ridge Park Inc. | Boone | 223 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Trapps Water Company | Boone | 200 | Community | Groundwater |
| Duke Energy Ky East Bend | Boone | 120 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Potters Ranch, PWSID KY0082894, Kentucky”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/kentucky/potters-ranch-ky0082894 (data as of October 1, 2026).