McPherson Co RWD 4

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: 636 people
Connections: 324
Water source: Groundwater bought from another system
Based in: McPherson, KS
County: McPherson
Owner: Local government

The 2 ZIP codes it serves

67443, 67460

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 Aug. 9, 2020 to Aug. 10, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Below EPA’s limits2

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

12ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 12 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 14 ppb, in 2019.

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

Below EPA’s limits

3.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.8 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.1 ppb, in 2019.

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.

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. McPherson Co RWD 4’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 Aug. 9, 2020 to Aug. 10, 2026.

Testing your own tap

McPherson Co RWD 4’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 McPherson Co RWD 4 serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Salina
Salina, KS · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
(913) 599-5665
Meridian Analytical Laboratory - Wichita
Wichita, KS · about 56 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
(316) 618-8787
Irwin Army Community Hospital-Water Laboratory-PH-EH
Fort Riley, KS · about 66 miles
Certified for bacteria
(785) 239-7516