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.
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
| Utility | Location | People Served |
|---|---|---|
| City of Arkansas City | Arkansas City, KS | 11,793 |
| City of Atchison | Atchison, KS | 10,636 |
| City of Dodge City | Dodge City, KS | 27,329 |
| City of El Dorado | El Dorado, KS | 12,935 |
| City of Emporia | Emporia, KS | 24,765 |
| City of Garden City | Garden City, KS | 26,546 |
| City of Gardner | Gardner, KS | 21,871 |
| City of Great Bend | Great Bend, KS | 15,170 |
| City of Hays | Hays, KS | 20,852 |
| City of Haysville | Haysville, KS | 11,264 |
| City of Hutchinson | Hutchinson, KS | 40,623 |
| City of Junction City | Junction City, KS | 22,120 |
| City of Lawrence | Lawrence, KS | 97,286 |
| City of Liberal | Liberal, KS | 39,321 |
| City of Manhattan | Manhattan, KS | 54,959 |
| City of McPherson | Mcpherson, KS | 13,077 |
| City of Newton | Newton, KS | 18,746 |
| City of Olathe | Olathe, KS | 139,605 |
| City of Ottawa | Ottawa, KS | 12,267 |
| City of Pittsburg | Pittsburg, KS | 20,178 |
| City of Salina | Salina, KS | 46,716 |
| City of Topeka | Topeka, KS | 165,000 |
| City of Wichita | Wichita, KS | 389,225 |
| City of Winfield | Winfield, KS | 12,057 |
| El Paso Water Company | Derby, KS | 24,721 |
| Fort Leavenworth American Water Ent Inc | Fort Leavenworth, KS | 12,934 |
| Fort Riley | Fort Riley, KS | 35,784 |
| Kansas City Board of Public Utilities | Kansas City, KS | 152,958 |
| Larned State Hospital | Larned, KS | 11,964 |
| Leavenworth Water Department | Leavenworth, KS | 36,062 |
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.
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.
| Utility | Location | People Served | Violation Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ottawa | Ottawa, KS | 12,267 | 10 |
| City of El Dorado | El Dorado, KS | 12,935 | 10 |
| City of Great Bend | Great Bend, KS | 15,170 | 5 |
| City of Haysville | Haysville, KS | 11,264 | 3 |
| City of Salina | Salina, KS | 46,716 | 1 |
| City of Lawrence | Lawrence, KS | 97,286 | 1 |
Contaminants found in Kansas above health guidelines
| Found above health guidelines | Found | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | # of Utilities | People Served | |||
Nitrate | 808 | 2,862,419 | 813 | 2,854,358 | |||
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 806 | 2,862,208 | 807 | 2,874,265 | |||
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 744 | 2,789,770 | 744 | 2,789,770 | |||
Bromodichloromethane | 777 | 2,412,187 | 778 | 2,424,244 | |||
Dibromochloromethane | 796 | 2,389,341 | 798 | 2,406,124 | |||
Arsenic | 629 | 2,382,222 | 603 | 2,360,217 | |||
Chloroform | 662 | 2,262,249 | 715 | 2,376,180 | |||
Chromium (hexavalent) | 146 | 2,253,237 | 142 | 2,260,051 | |||
Haloacetic acids (HAA9) | 146 | 2,196,013 | 134 | 2,238,646 | |||
Atrazine | 324 | 2,109,038 | 413 | 2,373,336 | |||
Dibromoacetic acid | 794 | 1,827,911 | 795 | 1,828,428 | |||
Dichloroacetic acid | 712 | 1,728,306 | 725 | 1,765,918 | |||
Trichloroacetic acid | 564 | 1,476,672 | 575 | 1,584,912 | |||
Bromoform | 555 | 1,415,198 | 686 | 1,690,133 | |||
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 531 | 974,539 | 522 | 956,274 | |||
Chlorite | 69 | 693,252 | 68 | 697,728 | |||
Bromate | 51 | 565,036 | 46 | 562,350 | |||
Desethylatrazine | 82 | 486,466 | 71 | 482,077 | |||
Uranium | 44 | 263,697 | 41 | 260,958 | |||
Nitrate and nitrite | 20 | 248,088 | 15 | 242,581 | |||
Chlorate | 18 | 169,706 | 75 | 1,443,123 | |||
Manganese | 64 | 48,257 | 602 | 2,681,957 | |||
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) | 10 | 47,843 | 11 | 53,160 | |||
Desisopropylatrazine | 12 | 41,517 | 12 | 41,517 | |||
Carbon tetrachloride | 12 | 16,519 | 13 | 16,564 | |||
Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS) | 1 | 15,170 | 1 | 15,170 | |||
Trichloroethylene | 1 | 4,762 | 2 | 6,556 | |||
Antimony | 3 | 2,565 | 6 | 6,106 | |||
Selenium | 9 | 1,764 | 687 | 2,574,134 | |||
Chloromethane | 1 | 1,662 | 1 | 1,662 | |||
Aluminum | 1 | 363 | 304 | 967,066 | |||
Contaminants found in Kansas above legal limits
| Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | |
|---|---|---|---|
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 15 | 8,868 | |
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 5 | 7,136 | |
Arsenic | 4 | 1,691 | |
Nitrate | 5 | 1,640 | |
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 7 | 1,625 | |
Uranium | 2 | 1,118 | |
Selenium | 2 | 592 |