City of Benton
What EPA’s and Kansas’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.
- Serves
- 946 people
- Connections
- 384
- Water source
- Surface water bought from another system
- Based in
- Benton, KS
- County
- Butler
- Owner
- Local government
The ZIP code it serves
The short answer
Nothing in EPA’s and Kansas’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.
What was found
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Kansas’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 3, 2020 to Aug. 3, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.
Below EPA’s limits2
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
32.8ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026
2026 average: 30.3 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 32.8 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 39 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 30.3 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 35 ppb, in 2018.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Forms or is added in treatment
22.5ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026
2026 average: 18 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 22.5 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 35 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 18 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 18.5 ppb, in 2018.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
- Lead
Violations since 2016
No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 9 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Kansas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. City of Benton’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.
Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.
Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Kansas’s results run from Feb. 3, 2020 to Aug. 3, 2026.
Testing your own tap
The lab Kansas certifies closest to the area City of Benton serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Meridian Analytical Laboratory - Wichita
Wichita, KS · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Sources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Public Water Supply Section, results from Jan. 2, 2020 to Sept. 16, 2026, read Oct. 18, 2026
- EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, file of Feb. 5, 2024
- Certified labs: Kansas Department of Health and Environment, drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS, read Oct. 13, 2026; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID KS2001507. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
Towns it serves
Also in Butler County
- City of El Dorado12,810
- City of Augusta9,267
- Butler Co RWD 71,455
- City of Towanda1,445
- Butler Co RWD 1782
- City of Leon667
What to do next
- Nothing here is above a health goalIn EPA’s and Kansas’s records for this utility. They don’t cover everything, which is why the next step matters.Every contaminant TapBuff tracks
- Get the utility’s own reportCity of Benton must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded