Is Cowley Co Rwd 3 Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	1999-02-01 → 1999-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1999-02-01 → 1999-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1999-02-01 → 1999-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1999-02-01 → 1999-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1999-02-01 → 1999-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1999-02-01 → 1999-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1999-02-01 → 1999-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1999-02-01 → 1999-02-28
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-01-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-01-31

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
Nitrate	2600 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	38/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	2160 µg/L 166% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 2800 µg/L	35/35	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	17 µg/L 113% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 37 µg/L	21/35	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromoform	5.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.2 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	5.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	16.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	7.65 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.8 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	17.5 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 19 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	25.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31 µg/L	15/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	21.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32 µg/L	15/16	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	68.3 µg/L 85% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 83 µg/L	15/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	3.5 µg/L No EPA limit set	14/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.26 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	13/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	8/8	LCR	2025
Barium	308 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 310 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Selenium	3 µg/L 6% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Chromium	4.75 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 5.2 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Fluoride	247 µg/L 6.2% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 250 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Arsenic	1.1 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Atrazine	0.0030 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.7 pCi/L 34% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2014

29 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, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: WALKER, APRIL
Phone: 620-442-7131
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Cowley Co Rwd 3

Is Cowley Co Rwd 3 tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Cowley Co Rwd 3'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 Cowley Co Rwd 3's water?

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

How many people does Cowley Co Rwd 3 serve?

Cowley Co Rwd 3 reports serving 2,500 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Cowley Co Rwd 3 had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 85 violations on file for Cowley Co Rwd 3, of which 8 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.