Is Osawatomie, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

165

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-11-01 → 2024-11-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-11-01 → 2024-11-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-11-01 → 2024-11-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-11-01 → 2024-11-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-11-01 → 2024-11-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-11-01 → 2024-11-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-11-01 → 2024-11-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-11-01 → 2024-11-30
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
Bromodichloromethane	24.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30 µg/L	53/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	74.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 130 µg/L	53/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	8.56 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15 µg/L	53/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	45.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 54 µg/L	53/53	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	104 µg/L 130% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 150 µg/L	53/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	96.4 µg/L 161% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 110 µg/L	53/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	45.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 54 µg/L	53/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	91.25 µg/L 7% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 170 µg/L	48/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.015 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.5 µg/L	38/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1600 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.63 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.8 µg/L	28/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	3.875 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.5 µg/L	26/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	20.2 µg/L 135% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 29 µg/L	17/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	282.5 µg/L 7.1% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 320 µg/L	16/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	5.68 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14 µg/L	14/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0029 mg/L 19% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	13/13	LCR	2023
Barium	116.5 µg/L 5.8% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 120 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	6.25 µg/L 208% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 3 µg/L worst single sample: 7.2 µg/L	6/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	2.48 µg/L 2.5% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2.5 µg/L	5/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	2.945 µg/L 5.9% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3.2 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	2.155 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 2.2 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Ethylbenzene	1.4 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2013–2017
Xylenes, Total	7.1 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2013–2017

70 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, TotalBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEndrinHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: GLENDENING, BRET
Phone: 913-755-2146
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Osawatomie, City of

Is Osawatomie, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Osawatomie, 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 Osawatomie, 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 Osawatomie, City of serve?

Osawatomie, City of reports serving 4,280 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Osawatomie, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 165 violations on file for Osawatomie, City of, of which 80 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.