Is Wakefield, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2002-10-01 → 2002-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2002-10-01 → 2002-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2002-10-01 → 2002-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2002-10-01 → 2002-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2000-10-01 → 2000-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2000-10-01 → 2000-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2000-10-01 → 2000-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2000-10-01 → 2000-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1988-09-19 → 1988-12-18
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1988-09-19 → 1988-12-18

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	788 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1000 µg/L	22/22	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate	4500 µg/L 45% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	7.325 µg/L 49% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 12 µg/L	18/22	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0048 mg/L 32% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2023
Bromodichloromethane	9.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	5.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.4 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	4.9 µg/L No EPA limit set	6/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.425 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.5 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	11.675 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	1.875 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	31.5 µg/L 39% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 34 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	6.76 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 7.1 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.68 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	3/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	1.985 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 2 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Barium	379 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 380 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Fluoride	188.5 µg/L 4.7% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 190 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Selenium	2.08 µg/L 4.2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Atrazine	1.5 µg/L 50% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Chromium	2.5 µg/L 2.5% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.7 pCi/L 34% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2014

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, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneMercuryMonochloroacetic AcidStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: MURPHY, JULIE
Phone: 785-461-5886
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Wakefield, City of

Is Wakefield, City of tap water safe to drink?

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

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

How many people does Wakefield, City of serve?

Wakefield, City of reports serving 846 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Wakefield, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 51 violations on file for Wakefield, City of, of which 12 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 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.