Is Garden City, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	2011-07-01 → 2011-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-07-01 → 2011-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-07-01 → 2011-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-07-01 → 2011-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-07-01 → 2011-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-07-01 → 2011-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2002-10-01 → 2002-10-31

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	140 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 690 µg/L	105/105	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	4.68 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.3 µg/L	103/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	4.88 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.4 µg/L	103/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.7 µg/L	99/104	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	12.15 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 19 µg/L	98/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	2.76 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.3 µg/L	95/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	4200 µg/L 42% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4400 µg/L	82/96	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	1100 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1400 µg/L	44/45	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	1.115 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	38/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	4.9 µg/L 8.2% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 5.5 µg/L	21/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	5.725 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 8.7 µg/L	18/104	SYR4	2013–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.42 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.9 µg/L	17/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	1.225 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	16/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	44 µg/L No EPA limit set	15/15	UCMR-5	2025
Barium	54.05 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 56 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0012 mg/L 8% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2025
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	6.04 pCi/L 121% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 6.1 pCi/L	13/15	SYR4	2012–2018
Selenium	9.2 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 11 µg/L	11/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Arsenic	2.34 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 2.5 µg/L	9/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Tetrachloroethylene	1.58 µg/L 32% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	9/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Uranium	18.3 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 19 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2018
Chromium	2.64 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	7/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	19.6 pCi/L 131% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 23 pCi/L	5/8	SYR4	2012–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.231 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	2/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	1.3 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2014–2017
Toluene	0.8300 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	0.0600 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/104	SYR4	2012–2019

55 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, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneThallium, TotalTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: JONES, FRED
Phone: 620-276-1291
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Garden City, City of

Is Garden City, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 27 contaminants in Garden City, 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 Garden City, City of's water?

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

How many people does Garden City, City of serve?

Garden City, City of reports serving 35,126 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Garden City, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 47 violations on file for Garden City, City of, of which 23 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.