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

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Scott

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.

111

health-based violations

167

violations on file

still open

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

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	11000 µg/L 110% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 19000 µg/L	96/96	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	344 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 710 µg/L	67/69	SYR4	2013–2019
Arsenic	12 µg/L 120% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10 µg/L worst single sample: 15 µg/L	34/34	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	8.43 µg/L 56% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 29 µg/L	18/69	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0014 mg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2025
Barium	83.4 µg/L 4.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 87 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Chromium	17.8 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 21 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	1600 µg/L 40% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Selenium	13.8 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 15 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	7.35 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.7 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.925 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	6.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.3 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	3.04 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.3 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	18 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 19 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	16.3 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 18 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Lithium	85.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/4	UCMR-5	2025
Dichloroacetic Acid	0.9280 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.9600 µg/L	3/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Atrazine	0.1469 µg/L 4.9% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1500 µg/L	2/6	SYR4	2014–2017
1,2-Dichloroethane	1.1 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/13	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	0.6500 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	3 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	16 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/6	SYR4	2013–2019

58 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAsbestosBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: PENDERGAST, BRAD
Phone: 620-872-5322
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Scott City, City of

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

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

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

How many people does Scott City, City of serve?

Scott City, City of reports serving 3,748 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

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

The EPA has 167 violations on file for Scott City, City of, of which 111 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.