Is Suburban Water Company Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: GUP
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Leavenworth

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	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
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	985.5 µg/L 76% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1100 µg/L	42/42	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0029 mg/L 19% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2026
Bromodichloromethane	18.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2018–2019
Chloroform	32.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 34 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2018–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	13/14	SYR4	2018–2019
Dibromochloromethane	7.14 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.8 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2018–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	19.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2018–2019
TTHM	57.2 µg/L 72% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 62 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2018–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	37.4 µg/L 62% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 38 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2018–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	15 µg/L No EPA limit set	13/14	SYR4	2018–2019
Lead	4.3 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 5.4 µg/L	12/42	SYR4	2014–2017
Monochloroacetic Acid	6.7 µg/L No EPA limit set	8/14	SYR4	2018–2019
Lithium	41.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	8/8	UCMR-5	2025
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.325 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	6/14	SYR4	2018–2019
Bromoform	0.5580 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.5600 µg/L	2/14	SYR4	2018–2019

29 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: BREUER, J MICHAEL
Phone: 913-724-1800
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Suburban Water Company

Is Suburban Water Company tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Suburban Water Company'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 Suburban Water Company's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromoacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Suburban Water Company serve?

Suburban Water Company reports serving 4,700 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Suburban Water Company had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 47 violations on file for Suburban Water Company, of which 7 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 3 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.