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

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

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

102

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-04-01 → 2022-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-04-01 → 2022-06-30

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
Bromodichloromethane	28.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 34 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	13 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	27.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 33 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	85.7 µg/L 107% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 120 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	36.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 53 µg/L	106/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	25.75 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 32 µg/L	106/106	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	10 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	105/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	11 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16 µg/L	105/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.69 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	103/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	5.56 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.6 µg/L	99/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	36.6 µg/L 2.8% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 100 µg/L	89/91	SYR4	2014–2017
Fluoride	560 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 590 µg/L	31/34	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1900 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	13/13	LCR	2023
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4 µg/L	11/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	2.92 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	4/91	SYR4	2014–2017
Arsenic	2.97 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 3 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Atrazine	0.4020 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 0.4100 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Barium	99.1 µg/L 5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 100 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Chromium	3.215 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 3.3 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Selenium	2.27 µg/L 4.5% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Lithium	24.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/2	UCMR-5	2023

58 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 TetrachlorideCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: WILD, DANIEL
Phone: 785-561-1027
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Junction City, City of

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

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Junction 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 Junction City, City of's water?

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

How many people does Junction City, City of serve?

Junction City, City of reports serving 19,167 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

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

The EPA has 102 violations on file for Junction City, City of, of which 58 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 4 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.