Is Florence, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water under surface influence
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Marion

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

163

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
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	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30

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	1014.5 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1100 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.695 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	28/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	44.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 51 µg/L	28/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	61.15 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 73 µg/L	28/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	107 µg/L 178% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 130 µg/L	27/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	90.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 100 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	107.25 µg/L 134% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 130 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	19 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23 µg/L	25/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	8.16 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.6 µg/L	25/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	588 µg/L 45% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 820 µg/L	23/23	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.425 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	16/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0043 mg/L 29% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2023
Lead	7.44 µg/L 50% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 12 µg/L	13/23	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.8 µg/L No EPA limit set	12/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	206.5 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 210 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	415.5 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 440 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	1.93 µg/L 3.9% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.58 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.7 µg/L	7/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	4.36 µg/L 4.4% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 4.6 µg/L	5/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	1.485 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	0.3300 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.2 pCi/L 24% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2015

40 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: GAYLE, ROBERT
Phone: 620-878-4296
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Florence, City of

Is Florence, City of tap water safe to drink?

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

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Dibromoacetic Acid, Dichloroacetic Acid, Trichloroacetic Acid, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Florence, City of serve?

Florence, City of reports serving 387 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Florence, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 163 violations on file for Florence, City of, of which 47 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.