Is Gardner, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Johnson

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	2005-07-01 → 2005-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2005-07-01 → 2005-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2005-07-01 → 2005-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2005-07-01 → 2005-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2005-07-01 → 2005-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2005-07-01 → 2005-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2005-04-01 → 2005-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2005-04-01 → 2005-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2005-04-01 → 2005-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2005-04-01 → 2005-06-30

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfpea	0.0034 µg/L	2/4	2024

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	15 µg/L No EPA limit set	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	24 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	8.065 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	14 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	42 µg/L 53% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 47 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	24 µg/L 40% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 28 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	8.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.8 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.305 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	120/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.54 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.8 µg/L	47/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.078 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	45/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	1405 µg/L 35% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1600 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	191.5 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 200 µg/L	38/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	772.5 µg/L 7.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 840 µg/L	30/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.5 µg/L	25/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0031 mg/L 21% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	17/17	LCR	2023
Lead	2.75 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	11/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	1.46 µg/L 49% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	74.9 µg/L 3.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 77 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	1.865 µg/L 1.9% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	1.195 µg/L 2.4% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	1 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019

71 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, TotalAsbestosBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ELMORE, LISA
Phone: 913-856-7245
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Gardner, City of

Is Gardner, City of tap water safe to drink?

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

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

How many people does Gardner, City of serve?

Gardner, City of reports serving 23,942 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Gardner, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 68 violations on file for Gardner, City of, of which 34 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.