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Kansas

  • 870 Utilities

  • Serving: 2,891,000

  • Data available: 2014-2019

  • Contaminants Found: 69

 

EWG's drinking water quality report for Kansas shows results of tests conducted by the water utilities in Kansas and provided to EWG by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

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ALL UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS
LARGE UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS

Below are utilities in Kansas serving over 10,000 people, listed alphabetically. Click the "more" button below to get the full list of utilities serving over 10,000 people.

Large utilities in Kansas

UtilityLocationPeople
Served
City of Arkansas CityArkansas City, KS11,793
City of AtchisonAtchison, KS10,636
City of Dodge CityDodge City, KS27,329
City of El DoradoEl Dorado, KS12,935
City of EmporiaEmporia, KS24,765
City of Garden CityGarden City, KS26,546
City of GardnerGardner, KS21,871
City of Great BendGreat Bend, KS15,170
City of HaysHays, KS20,852
City of HaysvilleHaysville, KS11,264
City of HutchinsonHutchinson, KS40,623
City of Junction CityJunction City, KS22,120
City of LawrenceLawrence, KS97,286
City of LiberalLiberal, KS39,321
City of ManhattanManhattan, KS54,959
City of McPhersonMcpherson, KS13,077
City of NewtonNewton, KS18,746
City of OlatheOlathe, KS139,605
City of OttawaOttawa, KS12,267
City of PittsburgPittsburg, KS20,178
City of SalinaSalina, KS46,716
City of TopekaTopeka, KS165,000
City of WichitaWichita, KS389,225
City of WinfieldWinfield, KS12,057
El Paso Water CompanyDerby, KS24,721
Fort Leavenworth American Water Ent IncFort Leavenworth, KS12,934
Fort RileyFort Riley, KS35,784
Kansas City Board of Public UtilitiesKansas City, KS152,958
Larned State HospitalLarned, KS11,964
Leavenworth Water DepartmentLeavenworth, KS36,062
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Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2019 to March 2021 in Kansas

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

UtilityLocationPeople
Served
Violation
Points
Republic, City ofRepublic, KS108170
Ford, City ofFord, KS217148
Elk City, City ofElk City, KS29497
Severy, City ofSevery, KS23095
Englewood, City ofEnglewood, KS6992
Woodbine, City ofWoodbine, KS16780
Western Acres Mobile Home CourtHutchinson, KS3074
Elmdale, City ofElmdale, KS5265
Copeland, City ofCopeland, KS29860
Bunker Hill, City ofBunker Hill, KS9556
Longton, City ofLongton, KS30240
Hope, City ofHope, KS33436
Barnard, City ofBarnard, KS6535
Highland, City ofHighland, KS1,00130
Plainville, City ofPlainville, KS1,83726
Randall, City ofRandall, KS6226
Osborne County Rural Water District 2Natoma, KS5525
Neosho County Rural Water District 1cErie, KS67024
Wilson County Rural Water District 4Neodesha, KS29323
Princeton, City ofPrinceton, KS27120
Oakley, City ofOakley, KS2,10820
Reno County Rural Water District 101South Hutchinson, KS20020
Sylvia, City ofSylvia, KS20620
Clayton, City ofClayton, KS5620
Paxico, City ofPaxico, KS21220
Waterville, City ofWaterville, KS63920
Franklin County Rural Water District 3Princeton, KS8516
Franklin County Rural Water District 1Ottawa, KS66515
Prescott, City ofPrescott, KS26914
Ellsworth County Rural Water District 1Ellsworth, KS2,62613

Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2019 to March 2021 in Kansas

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

UtilityLocationPeople
Served
Violation
Points
City of OttawaOttawa, KS12,26710
City of El DoradoEl Dorado, KS12,93510
City of Great BendGreat Bend, KS15,1705
City of HaysvilleHaysville, KS11,2643
City of SalinaSalina, KS46,7161
City of LawrenceLawrence, KS97,2861

Contaminants found in Kansas above health guidelines

Found above health guidelinesFound
Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served# of UtilitiesPeople Served

Nitrate
8082,862,4198132,854,358

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
8062,862,2088072,874,265

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
7442,789,7707442,789,770

Bromodichloromethane
7772,412,1877782,424,244

Dibromochloromethane
7962,389,3417982,406,124

Arsenic
6292,382,2226032,360,217

Chloroform
6622,262,2497152,376,180

Chromium (hexavalent)
1462,253,2371422,260,051

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)
1462,196,0131342,238,646

Atrazine
3242,109,0384132,373,336

Dibromoacetic acid
7941,827,9117951,828,428

Dichloroacetic acid
7121,728,3067251,765,918

Trichloroacetic acid
5641,476,6725751,584,912

Bromoform
5551,415,1986861,690,133

Radium, combined (-226 & -228)
531974,539522956,274

Chlorite
69693,25268697,728

Bromate
51565,03646562,350

Desethylatrazine
82486,46671482,077

Uranium
44263,69741260,958

Nitrate and nitrite
20248,08815242,581

Chlorate
18169,706751,443,123

Manganese
6448,2576022,681,957

Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)
1047,8431153,160

Desisopropylatrazine
1241,5171241,517

Carbon tetrachloride
1216,5191316,564

Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS)
115,170115,170

Trichloroethylene
14,76226,556

Antimony
32,56566,106

Selenium
91,7646872,574,134

Chloromethane
11,66211,662

Aluminum
1363304967,066

Contaminants found in Kansas above legal limits

Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
158,868

Radium, combined (-226 & -228)
57,136

Arsenic
41,691

Nitrate
51,640

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
71,625

Uranium
21,118

Selenium
2592