Is Wakarusa, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Wakarusa have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kansas’s records: Shawnee Co RWD 3c and Osage Co RWD 5.
Shawnee Co RWD 3c, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 70.5 ppb, above the legal limit.
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 Wakarusa’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Shawnee Co RWD 3c
Kansas · serves 2,960 people · under 100 in Wakarusa
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 70.5 ppb, above the legal limit.
9 health-based violations since 2016
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Osage Co RWD 8
Kansas · serves 2,240 people · under 100 in Wakarusa
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Osage Co RWD 5
Kansas · serves 3,875 people · under 100 in Wakarusa
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.8 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard, 130 mg/L (7.6 grains per gallon).
5 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Wakarusa
The 3 labs Kansas certifies closest to Wakarusa, 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 45 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper
Olathe Environmental Laboratory
Olathe, KS · about 45 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Eurofins Kansas City
Lenexa, KS · about 53 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Wakarusa
Which ZIP codes are in Wakarusa: 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 Wakarusa
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Shawnee Co RWD 3c’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