Is Burr Oak, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

108

health-based violations

197

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-07-01 → 2020-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-07-01 → 2020-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-07-01 → 2020-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2020-07-01 → 2020-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-07-01 → 2019-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-07-01 → 2019-09-30

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
Nitrate	7820 µg/L 78% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 8000 µg/L	24/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	74.4 µg/L 149% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 50 µg/L worst single sample: 76 µg/L	17/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	1199.5 µg/L 92% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1700 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2014–2017
Combined Uranium	38.884 µg/L 130% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 30 µg/L worst single sample: 43.21 µg/L	13/13	SYR4	2014–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	19.54 pCi/L 130% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 21.1 pCi/L	9/15	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	6.3 µg/L 42% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	8/14	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0041 mg/L 27% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	7/7	LCR	2023
Bromodichloromethane	10.655 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	10.085 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	37.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 42 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	7.815 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.4 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	11.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	61.8 µg/L 77% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 66 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	16.55 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 17 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	5.76 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.9 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.067 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.1 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.68 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	6.985 µg/L 70% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 7.3 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Barium	183.05 µg/L 9.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 190 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.46 pCi/L 29% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.5 pCi/L	2/3	SYR4	2014–2019
Fluoride	259 µg/L 6.5% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 260 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Antimony, Total	2 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Atrazine	0.1100 µg/L 3.7% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Chromium	3.1 µg/L 3.1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Xylenes, Total	0.9700 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018

27 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneMercuryMonochloroacetic AcidStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: MCENTEE, JULIE
Phone: 785-647-5351
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Burr Oak, City of

Is Burr Oak, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 25 contaminants in Burr Oak, 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 Burr Oak, City of's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Selenium, Copper, Combined Uranium, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Burr Oak, City of serve?

Burr Oak, City of reports serving 142 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Burr Oak, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 197 violations on file for Burr Oak, City of, of which 108 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.