Is Quenemo, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Quenemo has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kansas’s records: Osage Co RWD 2.
City of Quenemo, 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 Quenemo’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Quenemo
Kansas · serves 287 people · under 100 in Quenemo
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Osage Co RWD 2
Kansas · serves 440 people · under 100 in Quenemo
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 7.5 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard, 143 mg/L (8.3 grains per gallon).
5 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Quenemo
The 3 labs Kansas certifies closest to Quenemo, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Johnson County Water Quality Laboratory
Olathe, KS · about 41 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper
Olathe Environmental Laboratory
Olathe, KS · about 41 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Eurofins Kansas City
Lenexa, KS · about 49 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Quenemo
Which ZIP codes are in Quenemo: 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 Quenemo
Other towns in Osage County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Quenemo’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