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Is Great Bend, KS tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Great Bend, 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 4 utilities serving Great Bend has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kansas’s records: Barton Co RWD 2.

City of Great Bend, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 4 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFHxS at 60 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from City of Great Bend is very hard, typically 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 Great Bend’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 Great Bend’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 Great Bend

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 Great Bend, 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 70 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (913) 599-5665

All 47 certified labs for Kansas

ZIP codes in Great Bend

Which ZIP codes are in Great Bend: 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 Great Bend

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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