Some Kentucky drinking water utilities have ‘punitive’ disconnection policies, report finds

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: May 29, 2026

Words: 618

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Dozens of drinking water utilities in Kentucky disconnected ratepayers who owed less than $50 among other “unreasonably punitive” practices and policies by utilities, a new report analyzing drinking water utility disconnections found.

Staff at the Letcher County-based Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center who authored the 16-page report wrote that 114 drinking water utilities — from small, rural water districts to the large for-profit utility Kentucky American Water — made approximately 57,000 disconnections total across a …

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