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Is Fort Scott, KS tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Fort Scott, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Fort Scott 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 Fort Scott, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.4 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Fort Scott is very hard, 195 mg/L (11.4 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 Fort Scott’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 Fort Scott’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 Fort Scott

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 Fort Scott, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pace Analytical Services, Inc - Frontenac

    Frontenac, KS · about 25 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (913) 599-5665

  • Johnson County Water Quality Laboratory

    Olathe, KS · about 74 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper

    (913) 715-6950

  • Olathe Environmental Laboratory

    Olathe, KS · about 74 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (913) 971-8310

All 47 certified labs for Kansas

ZIP codes in Fort Scott

Which ZIP codes are in Fort Scott: 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 Fort Scott

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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