Is Halstead, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Halstead has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kansas’s records: Midwest Camps, LLC.
City of Halstead, 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 Halstead’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Halstead
Kansas · serves 2,165 people · under 100 in Halstead
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Midwest Camps, LLC
Kansas · serves 340 people · lists Halstead among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 8.9 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard, 130 mg/L (7.6 grains per gallon).
2 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Halstead
The 2 labs Kansas certifies closest to Halstead, 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 31 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Salina
Salina, KS · about 56 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
ZIP codes in Halstead
Which ZIP codes are in Halstead: 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 Halstead
Other towns in Harvey County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Halstead’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