Is Gypsum, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Gypsum 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 Gypsum and Saline Co RWD 2.
City of Gypsum, 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 Gypsum is hard, 145 mg/L (8.5 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 Gypsum’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Gypsum
Kansas · serves 402 people · under 100 in Gypsum
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: hard, 145 mg/L (8.5 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Saline Co RWD 2
Kansas · serves 465 people · lists Gypsum among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 15 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 190 mg/L (11.1 grains per gallon).
4 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Gypsum
The 3 labs Kansas certifies closest to Gypsum, 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 18 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Irwin Army Community Hospital-Water Laboratory-PH-EH
Fort Riley, KS · about 45 miles
Certified for bacteria
Meridian Analytical Laboratory - Wichita
Wichita, KS · about 71 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Gypsum
Which ZIP codes are in Gypsum: 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 Gypsum
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Gypsum’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