Is Council Grove, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

110

health-based violations

153

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-09-01 → 2017-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-09-01 → 2017-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-09-01 → 2017-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-09-01 → 2017-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2015-10-01 → 2015-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2015-10-01 → 2015-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2015-10-01 → 2015-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2015-10-01 → 2015-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-09-30

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0069 µg/L	2/4	2023

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
Fluoride	970.5 µg/L 24% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1100 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	11.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 25 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	36.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 91 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	8.04 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	30/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	56.25 µg/L 4.3% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 110 µg/L	28/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromate	8.89 µg/L 89% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 9.6 µg/L	27/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	20 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 32 µg/L	27/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	4.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.3 µg/L	25/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	488.5 µg/L 4.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 520 µg/L	24/32	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	57.4 µg/L 72% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 110 µg/L	24/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.485 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	22/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	10.16 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14 µg/L	17/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	16/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	79.3 µg/L 4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 80 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	7.36 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.4 µg/L	7/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0021 mg/L 14% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	6/6	LCR	2023
Lead	2.42 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 2.5 µg/L	5/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	1.185 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	0.6420 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6500 µg/L	3/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	1.59 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 1.6 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	1.775 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 1.8 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.3 pCi/L 26% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	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, TotalAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: CRAIGE, DERRICK
Phone: 620-767-5321
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Council Grove, City of

Is Council Grove, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Council Grove, 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 Council Grove, City of's water?

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

How many people does Council Grove, City of serve?

Council Grove, City of reports serving 2,111 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Council Grove, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 153 violations on file for Council Grove, City of, of which 110 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.