Is Kensington, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-04-01 → 2014-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-04-01 → 2014-06-30

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	8755 µg/L 88% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 10000 µg/L	110/110	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	14 µg/L 140% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10 µg/L worst single sample: 19 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	208.5 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 910 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	11.385 µg/L 76% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 15 µg/L	24/40	SYR4	2012–2018
Dibromoacetic Acid	16 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0046 mg/L 31% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	22.5 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 29 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	290 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromodichloromethane	28.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 33 µg/L	10/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	49.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 58 µg/L	10/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	10.155 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12 µg/L	10/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Uranium	27.555 µg/L 92% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 32.1 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2014–2016
Dibromochloromethane	56.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 67 µg/L	10/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	3.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4 µg/L	10/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	446 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 500 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2012–2018
Selenium	35.55 µg/L 71% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 36 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2012–2018
TTHM	143 µg/L 179% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 170 µg/L	10/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Chromium	5.26 µg/L 5.3% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 6.3 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.85 pCi/L 37% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 2 pCi/L	6/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	20.65 pCi/L 138% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 21.4 pCi/L	6/9	SYR4	2014–2016
Atrazine	0.0780 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 0.0820 µg/L	5/10	SYR4	2012–2018
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.98 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	5/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.42 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.5 µg/L	5/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/11	SYR4	2013–2019

28 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneMercuryStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: HARDACRE, AMBER
Phone: 785-476-2668
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Kensington, City of

Is Kensington, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 24 contaminants in Kensington, 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 Kensington, City of's water?

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

How many people does Kensington, City of serve?

Kensington, City of reports serving 401 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Kensington, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 70 violations on file for Kensington, City of, of which 50 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.