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Is Fredonia, KS tap water safe?

6 utilities serve Fredonia, 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

6 of the 6 utilities serving Fredonia 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 Fredonia, Wilson Co RWD 7, Wilson Co RWD 1 and 3 more.

City of Fredonia, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Kansas’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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 Fredonia’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Fredonia

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 Fredonia, 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 64 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (913) 599-5665

All 47 certified labs for Kansas

ZIP codes in Fredonia

Which ZIP codes are in Fredonia: 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 Fredonia

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