Is Kiowa, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Barber

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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2020-01-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2026-01-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2026-01-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30

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	678 µg/L 52% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 890 µg/L	33/33	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	1358 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 7400 µg/L	33/34	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	5925 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 6500 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	32.3 µg/L 215% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 44 µg/L	19/33	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0086 mg/L 57% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2024
Bromoform	7.64 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.3 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.81 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.2 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	10.72 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	5.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.1 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	2.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.4 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.475 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	27 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 31 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	8.275 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 8.8 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	1.9885 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.2 µg/L	4/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	238 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 240 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2013–2019
Selenium	2.88 µg/L 5.8% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2.9 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2013–2019
Arsenic	2.095 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2013–2019
Atrazine	1.1725 µg/L 39% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	2/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Chromium	2.7 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.7 pCi/L 34% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2014
Trichloroacetic Acid	0.5600 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019

41 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonochloroacetic AcidSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: THAYER, SAM
Phone: 620-825-4127
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Kiowa, City of

Is Kiowa, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Kiowa, 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 Kiowa, City of's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Fluoride, Nitrate, Lead, Lead, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Kiowa, City of serve?

Kiowa, City of reports serving 869 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Kiowa, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 55 violations on file for Kiowa, City of, of which 1 is health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 18 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.