Is Elmdale, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

107

health-based violations

183

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-18
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-18
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-18
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-18
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-18
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-18
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-18
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-18
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30

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	1310 µg/L 101% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 3000 µg/L	80/80	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	13.8 µg/L 92% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 39 µg/L	39/79	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	392.5 µg/L 3.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 400 µg/L	26/42	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0023 mg/L 15% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2024
Bromodichloromethane	93.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 110 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	18.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	100.75 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 120 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	15.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	36.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 37 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	61.05 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 66 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	237 µg/L 296% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 270 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	72.23 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 150 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	150 µg/L 250% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 200 µg/L	11/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	3.18 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.6 µg/L	8/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	8.61 µg/L 86% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 9 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2018
Barium	198.5 µg/L 9.9% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 200 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2018
Fluoride	396 µg/L 9.9% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 420 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	20.65 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22 µg/L	4/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	3.165 µg/L 6.3% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3.3 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2018
Chromium	4.52 µg/L 4.5% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 4.7 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2012–2018
Xylenes, Total	2.66 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	3/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Atrazine	0.1100 µg/L 3.7% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.7000 pCi/L 14% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2016

27 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneMercuryStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: GONZALEZ-HUSE, TANYA
Phone: 316-706-2076
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Elmdale, City of

Is Elmdale, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Elmdale, 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 Elmdale, City of's water?

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

How many people does Elmdale, City of serve?

Elmdale, City of reports serving 42 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Elmdale, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 183 violations on file for Elmdale, City of, of which 107 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 3 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.