Is Yoder, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 4 utilities serving Yoder have 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 Hutchinson, Reno Co RWD 101 and Reno Co RWD 3.
City of Hutchinson, 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.
The water from City of Hutchinson is hard, 130 mg/L (7.6 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 Yoder’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Hutchinson
Kansas · serves 39,712 people · under 100 in Yoder
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: hard, 130 mg/L (7.6 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
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City of Haven
Kansas · serves 1,149 people · under 100 in Yoder
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.2 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 315 mg/L (18.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Reno Co RWD 101
Kansas · serves 200 people · under 100 in Yoder
1 result above the legal limit and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate at 13 ppm, above the legal limit. Hardness: very hard, 315 mg/L (18.4 grains per gallon).
21 health-based violations since 2016
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Reno Co RWD 3
Kansas · serves 450 people · lists Yoder among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 238 mg/L (13.9 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Yoder
The 2 labs Kansas certifies closest to Yoder, 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 39 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Salina
Salina, KS · about 63 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Which ZIP codes are in Yoder: 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 Yoder
Other towns in Reno County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Hutchinson’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