Is Clearwater, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Clearwater 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 Clearwater.
City of Clearwater, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the action level and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Copper at 1.7 ppm, above the action level.
The water from City of Clearwater is hard to very hard depending on the source, 125 to 305 mg/L (7.3 to 17.8 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 Clearwater’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Clearwater
Kansas · serves 2,626 people · under 100 in Clearwater
1 result above the action level and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Copper at 1.7 ppm, above the action level. Hardness: hard to very hard depending on the source, 125 to 305 mg/L (7.3 to 17.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Sedgwick Co RWD 4
Kansas · serves 2,580 people · under 100 in Clearwater
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.4 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 265 mg/L (15.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Clearwater’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Copper, Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Copper, Arsenic, Lead
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 58checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Copper, Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Clearwater
The lab Kansas certifies closest to Clearwater, 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 16 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Clearwater
Which ZIP codes are in Clearwater: 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 Clearwater
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Clearwater’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About CopperWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Copper
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water