Is Galena, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Galena 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 Galena, 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.
The water from City of Galena is very hard, 210 mg/L (12.3 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 Galena’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Galena
Kansas · serves 2,743 people · about 190 in Galena
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: very hard, 210 mg/L (12.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cherokee Co RWD 8
Kansas · serves 1,235 people · under 100 in Galena
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.5 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 390 mg/L (22.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cherokee Co RWD 2
Kansas · serves 943 people · under 100 in Galena
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard, 170 mg/L (9.9 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cherokee Co RWD 1
Kansas · serves 520 people · under 100 in Galena
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 240 mg/L (14 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Galena
The lab Kansas certifies closest to Galena, 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 23 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Galena
Which ZIP codes are in Galena: 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 Galena
Other towns in Cherokee County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Galena’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water