Is Quenemo, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Osage

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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1994-01-01
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1984-01-24 → 1985-01-23
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1981-10-01 → 1982-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1980-12-08 → 1981-12-07
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1979-03-19 → 1980-03-18
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-12-30
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1994-01-01

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
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2023
Copper	600 µg/L 46% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 970 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2014–2017
Bromodichloromethane	16.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Chloroform	64.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 69 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.84 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	32.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 34 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2014–2019
TTHM	80.4 µg/L 101% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 86 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	69.2 µg/L 115% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 76 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	35.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 38 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.295 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.4 µg/L	8/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.675 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.7 µg/L	6/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	4.04 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 4.4 µg/L	5/11	SYR4	2014–2017
Monobromoacetic Acid	5.4495 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.3 µg/L	4/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromoform	0.5700 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/9	SYR4	2014–2019

Utility contact

Contact: HAMIC, KRISTINE
Phone: 785-759-3315
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Quenemo, City of

Is Quenemo, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Quenemo, 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 Quenemo, City of's water?

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

How many people does Quenemo, City of serve?

Quenemo, City of reports serving 287 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Quenemo, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 11 violations on file for Quenemo, City of, of which 5 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.