Is Hiawatha, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

194

health-based violations

223

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30

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
Nitrate	11000 µg/L 110% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10000 µg/L	126/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	638 µg/L 49% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1100 µg/L	85/85	SYR4	2014–2018
Lead	16.4 µg/L 109% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 23 µg/L	67/82	SYR4	2014–2018
Fluoride	598 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 2000 µg/L	65/65	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0085 mg/L 57% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	16/16	LCR	2023
Bromodichloromethane	10.225 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromoform	2.475 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2014–2019
Chloroform	19.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.975 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2014–2019
TTHM	35.25 µg/L 44% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 39 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Barium	238 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 240 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2014–2018
Dichloroacetic Acid	3.34 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	8.66 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 8.9 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.179 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	3/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Selenium	3.51 µg/L 7% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3.7 µg/L	3/5	SYR4	2014–2018
Chromium	2.995 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	2/5	SYR4	2014–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	2.595 pCi/L 52% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 2.7 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2014
Arsenic	1.5 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2014–2018

30 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalAtrazineBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneMercuryMonochloroacetic AcidStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SCOTT, BRAD
Phone: 785-742-7850
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Hiawatha, City of

Is Hiawatha, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 20 contaminants in Hiawatha, 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 Hiawatha, City of's water?

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

How many people does Hiawatha, City of serve?

Hiawatha, City of reports serving 3,246 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Hiawatha, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 223 violations on file for Hiawatha, City of, of which 194 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.