Facts & Figures

Last updated 10-1-2024.

We serve Northern Kentucky.

• We have just over 200,000 total customer accounts.
• Over 30 local governments across Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties partner with us to provide residents with efficient and effective wastewater and stormwater services.

Our wastewater services cover 194 square miles.

• About 1,725 miles of sanitary sewer pipe cover SD1’s service area.
• 126 pump stations push wastewater across the region’s hilly terrain.

Our stormwater services cover about 171 square miles.

• About 494 miles of municipal separate storm sewers cover SD1’s service area.
• Approximately 35,746 stormwater structures, including manholes and catch basins, are in our service area.
• There are 16 flood stations in Campbell and Kenton counties.

Our treatment plants run 24/7.

• Combined, our treatment plants treat about 70.5 million gallons of wastewater per day.
• It takes 24 hours on average for wastewater to move through the treatment process at Western Regional.

We test for pollution.

• We inspect and permit more than 53 industries in our service area every year. This prevents heavy metals, solvents and toxic waste from getting into the wastewater stream and ultimately local waterways.
• Our laboratory technicians conduct more than 32,636 tests of wastewater and stream samples annually.

We give you peace of mind.

• Each person creates 125 gallons of wastewater daily, on average.
• Each day, SD1 prevents over 105,000 pounds of waste from entering the Ohio River through wastewater treatment.