Is Columbus, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
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.

health-based violations

131

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-01-01 → 2003-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-01-01 → 2003-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-01-01 → 2003-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-01-01 → 2003-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1998-07-01 → 1999-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1998-07-01 → 1999-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1998-07-01 → 1999-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1998-07-01 → 1999-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1997-04-01 → 1997-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1997-04-01 → 1997-06-30

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	160 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1100 µg/L	51/51	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	19 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	41.1 µg/L 69% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 42 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	15.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	8.36 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	26.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.12 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.2 µg/L	29/30	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	34.6 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 42 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.995 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.7 µg/L	28/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	17.55 µg/L 117% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 26 µg/L	14/51	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	8.695 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15 µg/L	14/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	11/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2025
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.61 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	8/30	SYR4	2012–2019

Utility contact

Contact: LETNER, JAKE
Phone: 620-429-2159
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Columbus, City of

Is Columbus, City of tap water safe to drink?

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

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

How many people does Columbus, City of serve?

Columbus, City of reports serving 2,882 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Columbus, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 131 violations on file for Columbus, City of, of which 98 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.