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Kansas Water Quality

Health violation data for 858 community water systems in Kansas. Based on EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) data.

Water Systems
858
Total Violations
3,784
Systems with Violations
50
Cities with Issues
292

Water Systems with Most Violations

# Water System Violations Health
1 KICKAPOO TRIBAL WATERWORKS Horton 197 Yes
2 ELK CITY, CITY OF Elk City 142 Yes
3 SEVERY, CITY OF Severy 137 Yes
4 TOWNS RIVERVIEW SUBDIVISION Garden City 84 Yes
5 BEVERLY, CITY OF Beverly 77 Yes
6 OSBORNE CO RWD 2 Natoma 71 Yes
7 ARGONIA, CITY OF Argonia 66 Yes
8 RANDALL, CITY OF Randall 61 Yes
9 MITCHELL CO RWD 3 Beloit 56 Yes
10 MITCHELL CO RWD 2 Glen Elder 54 Yes
11 PRETTY PRAIRIE, CITY OF Pretty Prairie 54 Yes
12 BELOIT, CITY OF Beloit 53 Yes
13 ENGLEWOOD, CITY OF Englewood 51 Yes
14 MITCHELL CO RWD 1 Beloit 51 Yes
15 NORWICH, CITY OF Norwich 50 Yes
16 COPELAND, CITY OF Copeland 49 Yes
17 FORD, CITY OF Ford 46 Yes
18 SYLVIA, CITY OF Sylvia 46 Yes
19 YATES CENTER, CITY OF Yates Center 43 Yes
20 JEWELL, CITY OF Jewell 42 Yes
21 HARPER CO RWD 4 Freeport 41 Yes
22 BELLE PLAINE, CITY OF Belle Plaine 38 Yes
23 LONGTON, CITY OF Longton 36 Yes
24 HAVILAND, CITY OF Haviland 36 Yes
25 BARNARD, CITY OF Barnard 35 Yes
26 WOODBINE, CITY OF Woodbine 33 Yes
27 ROOKS CO RWD 3 Plainville 33 Yes
28 OSAWATOMIE, CITY OF Osawatomie 32 Yes
29 REPUBLIC CO RWD 2 Belleville 31 Yes
30 SHAWNEE CO RWD 3C Topeka 31 Yes
31 METRO TOPEKA AIRPORT AUTHORITY Topeka 31 Yes
32 HOPE, CITY OF Hope 30 Yes
33 LEBANON, VILLAGE OF Norton 30 Yes
34 CANEY, CITY OF Caney 29 Yes
35 HIGHLAND, CITY OF Highland 28 Yes
36 IUKA, CITY OF Iuka 27 Yes
37 RENO CO RWD 101 South Hutchinson 27 Yes
38 OAKLEY, CITY OF Oakley 26 Yes
39 BUSHTON, CITY OF Bushton 25 Yes
40 CONWAY SPRINGS, CITY OF Conway Springs 23 Yes
41 ELMDALE, CITY OF Elmdale 22 Yes
42 FRANKLIN CO RWD 3 Princeton 22 Yes
43 BELLEVILLE, CITY OF Belleville 22 Yes
44 SHAWNEE CO RWD 1C Auburn 22 Yes
45 HERINGTON, CITY OF Herington 21 Yes
46 PARSONS, CITY OF Parsons 21 Yes
47 LABETTE CO RWD 1C Oswego 21 Yes
48 CLAYTON, CITY OF Clayton 21 Yes
49 REPUBLIC, CITY OF Republic 21 Yes
50 RUSH CENTER, CITY OF La Crosse 21 Yes

Most Common Contaminants in Kansas

Contaminant Violations Systems Affected
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) 983 91
Nitrate 813 48
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) 607 83
Chloroform 217 20
Fluoride 190 58
Combined Radium 226/228 170 102
Barium 160 9
Lead (Action Level) 134 5
Turbidity 105 15
E. coli 90 52
Lead & Copper Rule 85 7
Atrazine 59 5
Thallium 49 6
Arsenic 22 4
Contaminant 1006 18 3

Cities with Water Quality Issues

Atchison Garnett Ottawa Oskaloosa Paola Perry Hiawatha Fort Riley Junction City Manhattan Belvue Sabetha Tecumseh Wamego Waterville Topeka Baxter Springs Chanute Columbus Fredonia Girard Humboldt Iola Neodesha Emporia Arkansas City Belle Plaine El Dorado Halstead Harper Hesston Hillsboro Medicine Lodge Newton Norwich Pratt Wellington Haysville Independence Caney +252 more

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About This Data

Water quality data is from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations include Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) and Treatment Technique (TT) violations. Only community water systems (CWS) in Kansas are included.

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SDWIS Federal Reporting Services U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SDWIS Federal Reporting Services

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.