Saline Co RWD 3

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: 936 people
Connections: 412
Water source: Surface water bought from another system
Based in: Smolan, KS
County: Saline
Owner: Local government

The 3 ZIP codes it serves

67401, 67416, 67456

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 Jan. 22, 2020 to July 22, 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

53ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 50 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 53 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 74 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 50 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 140 ppb, in 2013.

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

31.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 17.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 31.3 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 45 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 17.7 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 50.3 ppb, in 2014.

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 7 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. Saline Co RWD 3’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. 22, 2020 to July 22, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Saline Co RWD 3’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 Saline Co RWD 3 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 9 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
(913) 599-5665
Irwin Army Community Hospital-Water Laboratory-PH-EH
Fort Riley, KS · about 53 miles
Certified for bacteria
(785) 239-7516
LandIntel Solutions, LLC
Scandia, KS · about 74 miles
Certified for bacteria
(785) 335-2054