Is Benton, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-02
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-02
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-02
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-02
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-05-01 → 2022-05-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-05-01 → 2022-05-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-05-01 → 2022-05-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-05-01 → 2022-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-04-01 → 2022-06-30

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	438.5 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 510 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromodichloromethane	14.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	4.58 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.1 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	14.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.48 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.8 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	14.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	10.56 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	46 µg/L 57% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 55 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	25 µg/L 42% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 38 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	3.965 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.1 µg/L	28/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6 µg/L	16/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	8/8	LCR	2024
Lead	2.55 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	6/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	14.475 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17 µg/L	6/29	SYR4	2012–2019

Utility contact

Contact: ENGELS, MATT
Phone: 316-778-1625
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Benton, City of

Is Benton, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Benton, 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 Benton, City of's water?

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

How many people does Benton, City of serve?

Benton, City of reports serving 946 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Benton, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 62 violations on file for Benton, City of, of which 0 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.