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Check your water bill for your utility name and confirm the reporting year. See EPA’s guide to finding your annual water quality report.
Public water-system records for Shelbyville, KY from EPA SDWIS.
Shelbyville Water & Sewer Commission
Active monitoring or reporting issue detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
City listed in EPA records · Serves 23,760 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
PFAS screening separates EPA UCMR5 drinking-water monitoring from nearby DoD PFAS investigation-site records; EPA samples shown are from Jan 2025.
Drinking Water PFAS Monitoring
EPA UCMR5 samples public water systems. These results are separate from nearby PFAS cleanup or investigation-site records.
PFAS detections below EPA limits.
Nearby PFAS Investigation Sites
DoD records are nearby site investigations, not Shelbyville drinking-water detections. Record names come from the source database and can be broad.
No DoD PFAS investigation records shown for this report.
No health-relevant impairment records shown among the assessment records in this report.
Reviewed: source records as of 2026
NPDES permits regulate pollutant discharges into U.S. waterways. Facilities must report compliance quarterly.
Violation records
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Data from EPA ECHO
To investigate water contamination, check the sampling locations, dates and results below. For tap water records, see Drinking water quality above.
Reviewed: source records as of 2026
Review historical EPA air pollution records, including monitoring and facility emissions where available. For current conditions, check local air quality on AirNow.
Shelby County
Assessment year: 2020
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 30-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 30 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top modeled source groups
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
No EPA nonattainment designation records shown for this report.
EPA annual monitor summaries describe past measurements. For current air quality, see AirNow.
Buckner
Annual mean: 0.043 Parts per million
EPA primary exceedance count: 2 (Ozone 8-hour 2015)
Observation year: 2025
Cannons Lane — Louisville, Kentucky
Annual mean: 0.2 Parts per million
Observation year: 2025
Annual mean: 2.0 Parts per billion
Observation year: 2025
Data from EPA AQS
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
TRI releases are self-reported annual totals (calendar year 2024). Hover fugitive or stack for definitions.
Greenfield Global Usa Inc.
Reported: 2024
Katayama American Co. Inc.
Reported: 2024
Reviewed: source query run Nov 2026
Brownfield sites are properties where redevelopment is complicated by the presence of hazardous substances.
Open data source: Search EPA ECHO3 sites with active cleanup or investigation status
219 7th Street, Shelbyville
Reported: Feb 2026
612 Main Street, Shelbyville
Reported: Feb 2026
623 Washington Street, Shelbyville
Reported: Feb 2026
Facilities with hazardous-waste handler records under RCRA in the reviewed 5-mile city-center search area. Active handler status is separate from air, water, or other ECHO compliance violations, which are shown in their own sections.
Active RCRA handler records in the reviewed city search area
No release reports shown in this group.
Reviewed: active/open records as of 2018
Data from EPA UST Finder
Reviewed: reporting year 2024
No MSHA mine or extraction site records shown for this report.
Shelby County, KY
EPA Radon Zone Map (June 2024 release)
Shelby County is EPA Radon Zone 2 (moderate potential). EPA defines Zone 2 counties as having predicted average indoor screening levels between 2 pCi/L and 4 pCi/L.
Radon levels can vary from home to home, so EPA recommends testing the property to know its indoor level.
FEMA flood zones describe mapped flood hazards. Look up a specific address with FEMA.
No FEMA flood-zone records shown for this report.
Results use an earlier stored RMP inventory. Current EPA ECHO location coverage is unverified.
EPA ECHO lists facilities linked to the Risk Management Program. Results include facilities with locations that can be matched. Records may be historical. Current operations, chemical inventories, and recent accident history are unverified.
PHMSA tracks incidents involving natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. Incidents include leaks, ruptures, and explosions.
No records dated within the last 5 years surfaced for this city report.
Reviewed: last 5 years
Data from PHMSA
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
Shelby County, KentuckyPop. 48,886
County Health Rankings edition: 2024
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking water violation indicator
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 8,141 | 11,055 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 18.6% | 21.1% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 18.0% | 20.4% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 36.3% | 40.6% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 9.1 | 8.2 | 7.3 |
| Drinking water violation indicator | No | N/A | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 9.9% | 12.4% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 77.2 | 74.0 | 77.6 |
EPA testing found PFAS in water samples from Shelbyville Water & Sewer Commission. Results dated Jan 23, 2025 include PFPeA at 0.0043 micrograms per liter.
Check with the utility that serves your address for its testing results.
EPA drinking water records on this page list 13 violations for Shelbyville Water & Sewer Commission.
Check your water bill to identify the utility serving your address. Ask that utility about current drinking water advisories.
Nearby EPA monitoring stations provide annual air quality measurements for Shelbyville.
The monitoring station at Buckner recorded an annual average of 0.043 Parts per million for ozone in 2025.
The monitoring station at Cannons Lane, Louisville, Kentucky recorded an annual average of 0.2 Parts per million for carbon monoxide in 2025.
The monitoring station at Cannons Lane, Louisville, Kentucky recorded an annual average of 2 Parts per billion for sulfur dioxide in 2025.
The radon data for Shelbyville covers Shelby County. EPA places this area in Zone 2, with a predicted average indoor radon screening level of 2 to 4 picocuries per liter.
No Superfund sites were returned for this city report.
This city report shows 3 brownfield sites: 219 7th Street; 612 618 Main Street; 623 Washington Street.
EPA Superfund recordsView on EPA ECHOView on EPA ECHOView on EPA ECHO
The county data for Shelbyville reports a life expectancy of 77.2 years in Shelby County, Kentucky.
The figure is from the 2024 edition of County Health Rankings, a University of Wisconsin program that publishes county health statistics.
The county data for Shelbyville reports 8,141 years of life lost to deaths before age 75 per 100,000 residents in Shelby County, Kentucky. This measure adds up the years lost to early deaths and adjusts for differences in population age.
The figure is from the 2024 edition of County Health Rankings, a University of Wisconsin program that publishes county health statistics.
The county data for Shelbyville lists fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) at 9.1 micrograms per cubic meter in Shelby County, Kentucky.
The figure is from the 2024 edition of County Health Rankings, a University of Wisconsin program that publishes county health statistics.
Federal pipeline records list an incident involving Atmos Energy Corporation-Ky/Mid-States (Kentucky) near Shelbyville on Oct 16, 2015. The reported release was natural gas.