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Is Manhattan, KS tap water safe?

14 utilities serve Manhattan, 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 14 utilities serving Manhattan has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kansas’s records: Tuttle Cc Mobile Home Park, LLC.

City of Manhattan, 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 17.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Manhattan is moderately hard, 97 mg/L (5.6 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 Manhattan’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

4 more utilities in Manhattan

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Manhattan than those above.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Manhattan’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 Manhattan

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 3 labs Kansas certifies closest to Manhattan, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Irwin Army Community Hospital-Water Laboratory-PH-EH

    Fort Riley, KS · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (785) 239-7516

  • Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Salina

    Salina, KS · about 62 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (913) 599-5665

  • LandIntel Solutions, LLC

    Scandia, KS · about 74 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (785) 335-2054

All 47 certified labs for Kansas

ZIP codes in Manhattan

Which ZIP codes are in Manhattan: 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 Manhattan

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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