Is Kechi, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Kechi 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 Kechi, 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 Kechi’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Kechi
Kansas · serves 2,261 people · about 740 in Kechi
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Sedgwick Co RWD 1
Kansas · serves 1,275 people · about 420 in Kechi
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.9 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Valley Center
Kansas · serves 7,419 people · about 160 in Kechi
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: hard, 140 mg/L (8.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Sedgwick Co RWD 2
Kansas · serves 1,460 people · under 100 in Kechi
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 18 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Kechi
The 2 labs Kansas certifies closest to Kechi, 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 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Salina
Salina, KS · about 72 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Which ZIP codes are in Kechi: 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 Kechi
Other towns in Sedgwick County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Kechi’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