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Is Cedar Vale, KS tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Cedar Vale, 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

2 of the 2 utilities serving Cedar Vale have 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 Cedar Vale and Chautauqua Co RWD 2.

City of Cedar Vale, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 69.5 ppb, above the legal limit.

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 Cedar Vale’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Cedar Vale

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 Cedar Vale, 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 55 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 Cedar Vale

Which ZIP codes are in Cedar Vale: 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.

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