Is Elk City, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

851

health-based violations

1,052

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
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	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-03-31

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
TTHM	215 µg/L 269% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 250 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	37.55 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 42 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	186.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 230 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	9.315 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	152 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 180 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	11.605 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	152 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 170 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	190 µg/L 317% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 230 µg/L	27/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	892.5 µg/L 8.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 950 µg/L	26/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4 µg/L	25/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	73.7 µg/L 5.7% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 220 µg/L	23/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.72 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	23/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	91.25 µg/L 4.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 100 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	7/7	LCR	2025
Atrazine	2.04 µg/L 68% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 2.2 µg/L	5/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	3.14 µg/L 3.1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	5/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	7 µg/L 47% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 7.4 µg/L	3/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	1.19 µg/L 2.4% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.8000 pCi/L 16% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2017

43 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalArsenicBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: HAWLEY, TREVOR
Phone: 620-627-2483
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Elk City, City of

Is Elk City, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Elk City, 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 Elk City, City of's water?

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

How many people does Elk City, City of serve?

Elk City, City of reports serving 292 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Elk City, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 1052 violations on file for Elk City, City of, of which 851 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.