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Is Durham, KS tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Durham, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Durham has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kansas’s records: Marion Co RWD 1.

Marion Co RWD 1, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the action level. The worst: Copper at 1.6 ppm, above the action level.

The water from Marion Co RWD 1 is moderately hard, typically 113 mg/L (6.6 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.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Marion Co RWD 1’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 Durham

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 3 labs Kansas certifies closest to Durham, 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 31 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (913) 599-5665

  • Irwin Army Community Hospital-Water Laboratory-PH-EH

    Fort Riley, KS · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (785) 239-7516

  • Meridian Analytical Laboratory - Wichita

    Wichita, KS · about 60 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 Durham

Which ZIP codes are in Durham: 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 Durham

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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