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Is Anthony, KS tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Anthony, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Kansas’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

None of the 3 utilities serving Anthony has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kansas’s records.

City of Anthony, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Anthony is very hard, 350 mg/L (20.5 grains per gallon). How Kansas’s water compares.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Anthony’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Anthony’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Anthony

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Kansas certifies.

The lab Kansas certifies closest to Anthony, 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 58 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (316) 618-8787

All 47 certified labs for Kansas

ZIP codes in Anthony

Which ZIP codes are in Anthony: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Kansas Department of Health and Environment, drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Anthony

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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