Is Baxter Springs, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Cherokee

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.

146

health-based violations

286

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-03-31

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	55.65 µg/L 4.3% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 84 µg/L	68/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	9.385 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	17.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	77.5 µg/L 97% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 95 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	33.1 µg/L 55% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 52 µg/L	39/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	25.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27 µg/L	37/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	20.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27 µg/L	37/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	17.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26 µg/L	33/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.745 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.2 µg/L	32/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	47.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 60 µg/L	28/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	6.15 µg/L 41% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 21 µg/L	23/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	13.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17 µg/L	23/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	2600 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	20/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0032 mg/L 21% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2025
Barium	69 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	12.955 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16 µg/L	8/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	19.82 pCi/L 132% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 20.6 pCi/L	7/8	SYR4	2017–2019
Selenium	5.24 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 5.3 µg/L	7/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	527.5 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 570 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	72.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/4	UCMR-5	2023
Arsenic	1.89 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 1.9 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	1.75 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 1.8 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	7.99 pCi/L 160% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 8.5 pCi/L	3/4	SYR4	2017

72 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ABBOTT, KELLY
Phone: 620-856-2114
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Baxter Springs, City of

Is Baxter Springs, City of tap water safe to drink?

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

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Dibromoacetic Acid, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Baxter Springs, City of serve?

Baxter Springs, City of reports serving 3,852 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Baxter Springs, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 286 violations on file for Baxter Springs, City of, of which 146 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.