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City of Nortonville

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
599 people
Connections
369
Water source
Surface water bought from another system
Based in
Nortonville, KS
County
Jefferson
Owner
Local government
Hardness
Very hard
The ZIP code it serves

66060

The short answer

3 results are above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2007 to 2026.

Nitrate, arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, haloacetic acids (HAA5) and chromium (total): Kansas’s own results, samples taken from Jan. 6, 2020 to Sept. 9, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal3

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

13ppm

Highest sample; found in 1 of 19

2026: not found

One sample, in 2020, was above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm, at 13 ppm. No follow-up sample at that point within 30 days is on file. 10 ppm is also EPA’s health goal. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its three samples. EPA recorded no violation for nitrate at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.72 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 1.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.1 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.8 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.3 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

1.1ppb

90th percentile, 2024 to 2026

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.1 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

22ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 22 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.3 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.52ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 0.48 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.52 ppm, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.48 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.33 ppm, in 2014.

What handles it

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

3.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.2 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 1.1 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.3 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.1 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 3.1 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge), Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Nitrate; Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Hardness

Very hard, typically 310 mg/L (18.1 grains per gallon), across 3 sampling points, 2017 to 2026.

Hardness is calcium and magnesium. EPA sets no limit for it: it shows up as scale on fixtures and in water heaters, and as soap that won’t lather. USGS calls water above 60 mg/L moderately hard, above 120 hard and above 180 very hard.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, haloacetic acids (HAA5) and chromium (total) results here are Kansas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. City of Nortonville’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 Jan. 6, 2020 to Sept. 9, 2026.

Testing your own tap

City of Nortonville’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Kansas certifies.

The 3 labs Kansas certifies closest to the area City of Nortonville serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Water District No 1 of Johnson County-WaterOne

    Kansas City, KS · about 41 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (913) 895-5800

  • Johnson County Water Quality Laboratory

    Olathe, KS · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper

    (913) 715-6950

  • Olathe Environmental Laboratory

    Olathe, KS · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (913) 971-8310

All 47 certified labs for Kansas

Sources

PWSID KS2008703. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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