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Kansas Water Quality

According to EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Kansas has 855 active community water systems in this extract. PlainEnviro's health-based slice lists 3,819 violation records across 50 systems with at least one such row. These are historical EPA registry counts, not a statewide drinkability score.

Health-based violation records for 855 community water systems in Kansas. Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS).

Water Systems
855
Health-Based Violation Records
3,819
Systems with Violations
50
Cities with Issues
289

Water Systems with Most Health-Based Records

# Water System Health-Based Records Health
1 KICKAPOO TRIBAL WATERWORKS Horton 199 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 78 Yes
6 OSBORNE CO RWD 2 Natoma 72 Yes
7 ARGONIA, CITY OF Argonia 66 Yes
8 RANDALL, CITY OF Randall 62 Yes
9 BELOIT, CITY OF Beloit 57 Yes
10 MITCHELL CO RWD 3 Beloit 57 Yes
11 MITCHELL CO RWD 2 Glen Elder 54 Yes
12 PRETTY PRAIRIE, CITY OF Pretty Prairie 54 Yes
13 ENGLEWOOD, CITY OF Englewood 51 Yes
14 MITCHELL CO RWD 1 Beloit 51 Yes
15 COPELAND, CITY OF Copeland 50 Yes
16 NORWICH, CITY OF Norwich 50 Yes
17 FORD, CITY OF Ford 47 Yes
18 SYLVIA, CITY OF Sylvia 47 Yes
19 YATES CENTER, CITY OF Yates Center 45 Yes
20 JEWELL, CITY OF Jewell 43 Yes
21 LONGTON, CITY OF Longton 41 Yes
22 HARPER CO RWD 4 Freeport 41 Yes
23 BELLE PLAINE, CITY OF Belle Plaine 38 Yes
24 HAVILAND, CITY OF Haviland 36 Yes
25 BARNARD, CITY OF Barnard 36 Yes
26 SHAWNEE CO RWD 3C Topeka 36 Yes
27 OSAWATOMIE, CITY OF Osawatomie 34 Yes
28 ROOKS CO RWD 3 Plainville 34 Yes
29 WOODBINE, CITY OF Woodbine 33 Yes
30 METRO TOPEKA AIRPORT AUTHORITY Topeka 32 Yes
31 HOPE, CITY OF Hope 31 Yes
32 REPUBLIC CO RWD 2 Belleville 31 Yes
33 CANEY, CITY OF Caney 29 Yes
34 HIGHLAND, CITY OF Highland 28 Yes
35 IUKA, CITY OF Iuka 28 Yes
36 RENO CO RWD 101 South Hutchinson 28 Yes
37 OAKLEY, CITY OF Oakley 26 Yes
38 BUSHTON, CITY OF Bushton 25 Yes
39 SHAWNEE CO RWD 1C Auburn 23 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 RUSH CENTER, CITY OF La Crosse 22 Yes
45 HERINGTON, CITY OF Herington 21 Yes
46 HORACE, CITY OF Tribune 21 Yes
47 PARSONS, CITY OF Parsons 21 Yes
48 LABETTE CO RWD 1C 21 Yes
49 CLAYTON, CITY OF Clayton 21 Yes
50 REPUBLIC, CITY OF Republic 21 Yes

Most Common Contaminants in Kansas

Contaminant Violations Systems Affected
TTHM 998 91
Nitrate 826 47
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) 638 83
CARBON, TOTAL 219 20
Groundwater Rule 184 57
Lead and Copper Rule 168 101
Combined Uranium 135 5
Arsenic 131 8
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule 109 15
Revised Total Coliform Rule 92 52
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) 86 7
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule 59 5
Selenium 50 6
Surface Water Treatment Rule 22 4
Chloramine 18 3

Cities with Water Quality Issues

Garden City Manhattan Emporia Chanute Hays Iola Topeka Hutchinson Neodesha Fredonia Arkansas City Ozawkie Sedan Great Bend Atchison El Dorado Independence Abilene Ottawa Junction City Garnett Phillipsburg Wellington Tonganoxie Liberal Beloit South Hutchinson Columbus Girard Hiawatha La Cygne Russell Erie Gridley Holton Marion Milford Moline Moran Mound City +249 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

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