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Safe Drinking Water Information System SDWIS

​​​SDWIS

The Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)/FED (federal version) contains information about public water systems and their violations of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water regulations, as reported to EPA by the states. These regulations establish maximum contaminant levels, treatment techniques and monitoring and reporting requirements to ensure that water systems provide safe water to their customers.

SDWIS/STATE (state version) is a database designed by EPA to help states administer and manage their own drinking water programs. SDWIS/STATE is the state counterpart to EPA's federal drinking water information system.

Electronic Submission

The Department for Environmental Protection developed the ePortal to facilitate submittal of electronic documents. Acceptable file formats, supporting files and examples for drinking water sampling data are provided below.

The Total Coliform (TC) Tool was developed to facilitate submittal of bacteriological data. This MS-Access application allows laboratories to enter and store bacteriological sampling results and subsequently transform that data into a specially formatted text file that can be transmitted electronically.


Documents
DownloadDescription
Bacti_csv_example.txt 
CHEM_CSV_EXAMPLE.txt 
eBAR_V1.zipElectronic Bacteriological Report Tool to facilitate electronic submittals
FACILITY.TXTMarch 2026
FileFormat3.xlsrequired format for electronic submission
SMPPTS_BACT.TXTMarch 2026
SMPPTS_MASTER.TXTMarch 2026
TC_TOOL.zipTotal Coliform Tool developed to facilitate submittal of bacteriological data.
TC_TOOL_Documentation.pdf 
TOC_CSV_EXAMPLE.txt 
TOC_CSV_EXAMPLE2.txt 
​For more information contact:
DrinkingWaterCompliance@ky.gov​
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