Is Parsons, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Parsons 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 Parsons.
City of Parsons, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 65.8 ppb, above the legal limit.
The water from City of Parsons is hard, 125 mg/L (7.3 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 Parsons’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Parsons
Kansas · serves 9,479 people · about 460 in Parsons
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 65.8 ppb, above the legal limit. Hardness: hard, 125 mg/L (7.3 grains per gallon).
5 health-based violations since 2016
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Neosho Co RWD 4
Kansas · serves 2,095 people · under 100 in Parsons
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Labette Co RWD 5
Kansas · serves 1,635 people · under 100 in Parsons
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Great Plains Development Authority
Kansas · serves 182 people · lists Parsons among the places it serves
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 235 mg/L (13.7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Parsons’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Parsons
The lab Kansas certifies closest to Parsons, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Pace Analytical Services, Inc - Frontenac
Frontenac, KS · about 40 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Parsons: 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.
What to do next
- Read City of Parsons’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water