Is Perry, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2003-04-19
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2003-04-19
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2003-04-19
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2003-04-19
RPT	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-07-02
RPT	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-07-02
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-10-17
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-10-17
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-10-17
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-10-17

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	1300 µg/L 100% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1400 µg/L	22/22	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate	2000 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	13.84 µg/L 92% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 27 µg/L	15/22	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0039 mg/L 26% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	10/10	LCR	2023
Bromodichloromethane	4.725 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.9 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromoform	2.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Chloroform	1.95 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.2 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.775 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	1.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
TTHM	14 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	5.4 µg/L 9% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 5.7 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	0.6310 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6400 µg/L	3/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Arsenic	1.58 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 1.6 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2015–2017
Barium	209 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 210 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2015–2017
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.1705 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	2/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Selenium	3.99 µg/L 8% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 4 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2015–2017
Lithium	18 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/2	UCMR-5	2023
Chromium	1.5 µg/L 1.5% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2015–2017
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1 pCi/L 20% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2016
Fluoride	170 µg/L 4.3% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2015–2017
Xylenes, Total	1.1 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018

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, TotalAtrazineBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMercuryMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: GONZALEZ, RAMON
Phone: 785-597-5613
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Perry, City of

Is Perry, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Perry, 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 Perry, 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 Perry, City of serve?

Perry, City of reports serving 858 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Perry, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 23 violations on file for Perry, City of, of which 4 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.