Is Kansas City Board of Public Utilities Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water under surface influence
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Wyandotte

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	1993-05-01 → 1993-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1993-05-01 → 1993-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31

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
Chlorite	580 µg/L 58% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 670 µg/L	288/288	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	50 µg/L 63% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 97 µg/L	259/259	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	28 µg/L 47% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 43 µg/L	244/252	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	846 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 890 µg/L	33/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	3600 µg/L 36% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	14/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	0.2700 µg/L 9% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	12/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0075 mg/L 50% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2023
Barium	136.5 µg/L 6.8% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 140 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	10.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	7/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	7.875 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	2.375 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 2.4 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.85 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	3200 µg/L 32% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 3600 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	7.45 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.6 pCi/L	4/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Lithium	55.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/4	UCMR-5	2024
Combined Uranium	5.57 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 5.7 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2016–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	5.36 pCi/L 36% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 5.4 pCi/L	3/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Cyanide	15.54 µg/L 7.8% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 16 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	0.5200 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	1.2 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	1 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/23	SYR4	2012–2019
Lasso	0.0570 µg/L 2.9% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	5 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Simazine	0.0500 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L	1/28	SYR4	2012–2019

85 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,3,7,8-TCDD2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLeadMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: NIRSCHL, STEVE
Phone: 913-573-9271
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Kansas City Board of Public Utilities

Is Kansas City Board of Public Utilities tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 24 contaminants in Kansas City Board of Public Utilities'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 Kansas City Board of Public Utilities's water?

EPA monitoring detected Chlorite, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Fluoride, Nitrate, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Kansas City Board of Public Utilities serve?

Kansas City Board of Public Utilities reports serving 152,960 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Kansas City Board of Public Utilities had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 58 violations on file for Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, of which 2 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.