Is Colony, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Anderson

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-04-01 → 2015-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-04-01 → 2015-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-04-01 → 2015-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-04-01 → 2015-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-01-01 → 2015-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-01-01 → 2015-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-01-01 → 2015-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-01-01 → 2015-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-02-01 → 2012-02-29
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-02-01 → 2012-02-29

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	220 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 280 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	20.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2014–2019
Chloroform	50.85 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 63 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromochloromethane	6.315 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.7 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2014–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	56.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 71 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2014–2019
TTHM	77 µg/L 96% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 86 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	109.95 µg/L 183% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 150 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2014–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	38.55 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 57 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.16 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.2 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2014–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	10.985 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12 µg/L	8/10	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	0.0013 mg/L 8.7% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	7/7	LCR	2025
Lead	5.08 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 6.1 µg/L	7/16	SYR4	2013–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	8.96 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.8 µg/L	3/10	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromoform	0.7500 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/10	SYR4	2014–2019

Utility contact

Contact: DIETRICH, TIM
Phone: 620-852-3530
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Colony, City of

Is Colony, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Colony, City of's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Colony, City of's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Colony, City of serve?

Colony, City of reports serving 377 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Colony, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 29 violations on file for Colony, City of, of which 12 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.