Is Buffalo Hills Park Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Ellis

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	2003-07-01 → 2003-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-07-01 → 2003-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-07-01 → 2003-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-07-01 → 2003-09-30
RPT	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-07-02
RPT	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-07-02
RPT	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-07-02
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2018-12-01 → 2018-12-31

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	6800 µg/L 68% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 6900 µg/L	56/56	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	369 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 390 µg/L	23/23	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	5.23 µg/L 35% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 7.1 µg/L	18/23	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0065 mg/L 43% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	8/8	LCR	2024
Arsenic	4.2 µg/L 42% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Barium	265 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 270 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Selenium	2.975 µg/L 6% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.458 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.1 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.855 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.2 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	284 µg/L 7.1% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 290 µg/L	4/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Atrazine	0.1590 µg/L 5.3% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1600 µg/L	3/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	1.167 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	3.073 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.2 µg/L	2/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Chromium	1.5 µg/L 1.5% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	2/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromodichloromethane	0.9700 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.5000 pCi/L 10% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
TTHM	7.4 µg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	6.3 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	1.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/4	SYR4	2013–2019

31 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 TetrachlorideChloroformDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: HOWERTON, AGNES LORRAINE
Phone: 785-625-4720
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Buffalo Hills Park

Is Buffalo Hills Park tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Buffalo Hills Park'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 Buffalo Hills Park's water?

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

How many people does Buffalo Hills Park serve?

Buffalo Hills Park reports serving 135 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Buffalo Hills Park had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 15 violations on file for Buffalo Hills Park, of which 4 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.