Is Goddard, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Goddard 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 Goddard, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from City of Goddard is very hard, 370 mg/L (21.6 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. They are listed by how many people each serves in Goddard’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Goddard
Kansas · serves 5,372 people · about 450 in Goddard
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: very hard, 370 mg/L (21.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Sedgwick Co RWD 4
Kansas · serves 2,580 people · about 350 in Goddard
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
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City of Wichita
Kansas · serves 395,699 people · under 100 in Goddard
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 21.1 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: hard, 145 mg/L (8.5 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 Goddard’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: Lead, Arsenic
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: Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Goddard
The lab Kansas certifies closest to Goddard, 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 18 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Goddard
Which ZIP codes are in Goddard: 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 Goddard
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Goddard’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water