Ohio Co Water District

Ohio County Water District, a not-for-profit public water utility based in Hartford, Kentucky, serves as a sub-recipient on four federal water-infrastructure grants from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4, channeled through the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority as prime grantee. The district has no federal contract prime or sub work in recent history and does not sit on federal contract vehicles.

All four sub-awards, dated between September 2024 and July 2025, fund lead service line (LSL) inventory work required under the revised Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). Each award carries the same scope: Ohio County Water District will conduct a comprehensive inventory of service line materials across its 669-mile distribution system and 6,139 service connections using ARC GIS Online asset management tools, field verification methods (visual inspection, excavation, CCTV, water sampling, and predictive modeling), and contract labor. The district will also execute customer outreach via mail surveys and field visits to maximize participation and public education, then use the final inventory to develop a scope of work and project list for lead service line replacement. The combined dollar obligation across all four awards is $182 thousand. The district's sole customer agency is EPA Region 4, which funds 100% of recent awards through the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority pass-through mechanism — a concentration driven by the single, multi-award LSL inventory project rather than a diversified customer base.

Activity is limited and project-bound. The district received two awards in 2024 and two in 2025, all directed to the same lead service line compliance mandate with an October 2024 completion deadline for the inventory phase. No recompete or vehicle position data is applicable; the district operates exclusively as a grant sub-recipient and does not compete for federal contracts.