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Public Wholesale WSD 13

What EPA’s and Kansas’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
1 people
Connections
13
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Lacygne, KS
County
Linn
Owner
Local government
Hardness
Hard

The short answer

2 results are above the limit’s level with no violation recorded. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5), above the limit’s level, no violation. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total) and arsenic: Kansas’s own results, samples taken from April 1, 2020 to Sept. 1, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded2

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

62ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 60 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 62 ppb, in 2021, above EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 83 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 60 ppb. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 58 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

82ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 82 ppb, in 2026, above EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 76 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

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

Below EPA’s limits3

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.6ppm

Highest sample; found in 7 of 14

2026: not found

The highest sample, in 2025, was 1.6 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 2.1 ppm, in 2017.

What handles it

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

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.12ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.12 ppm, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.6 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 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 1.8 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic

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

    Claim: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claim: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

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Hardness

Hard, 135 mg/L (7.9 grains per gallon), at its one sampling point, 2015 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.

Softeners compared at 7.9 grains per gallon, salt includedSoftener or salt-free conditioner?Kansas water hardness, utility by utility

Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Total organic carbonNot enough organic matter was removed. It reacts with disinfectant to form byproducts.EPA: Treatment Technique Precursor RemovalOct. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 20160.95 RATIOResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 1 monitoring or reporting violation not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total) and arsenic results here are Kansas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Public Wholesale WSD 13’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 April 1, 2020 to Sept. 1, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Public Wholesale WSD 13’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.

No lab Kansas certifies is within 75 miles of the area Public Wholesale WSD 13 serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 47 certified labs for Kansas

Sources

PWSID KS2010711. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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