Community Water System · PWSID KS2001704

City of Elmdale

Serves 42 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentElmdale, Kansas
Nothing open that measures the water, but 1 open testing or paperwork violation.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 1993: 51 violations. 19 over the limit · 3 treatment lapses · 13 missed or late tests · 16 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-07-02.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

19Over the limit
3Treatment lapse
13Missed or late test
16Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 95% of active water systems in Kansas. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

1993 · Missed or late test: 11994 · Missed or late test: 119951999 · Notice or report: 12000 · Notice or report: 120002004 · Notice or report: 12005 · Missed or late test: 12005 · Notice or report: 1200520102012 · Missed or late test: 12012 · Notice or report: 12013 · Missed or late test: 12014 · Notice or report: 12015 · Treatment lapse: 12015 · Notice or report: 22015 · Notice or report: 220152017 · Missed or late test: 32017 · Missed or late test: 32017 · Missed or late test: 32018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Missed or late test: 12018 · Notice or report: 32018 · Notice or report: 32018 · Notice or report: 32019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Missed or late test: 22019 · Missed or late test: 22019 · Notice or report: 32019 · Notice or report: 32019 · Notice or report: 32020 · Over the limit: 82020 · Over the limit: 82020 · Over the limit: 82020 · Over the limit: 82020 · Over the limit: 82020 · Over the limit: 82020 · Over the limit: 82020 · Over the limit: 82020 · Missed or late test: 120202021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Treatment lapse: 22021 · Treatment lapse: 22021 · Notice or report: 12025 · Missed or late test: 12025 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
37% over the limit · 196% treatment lapse · 325% missed or late test · 1331% notice or report · 16

Across Kansas, 52% of violations are missed or late tests and 13% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)2021-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0890 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2021-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1340 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.7×)2021-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0670 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2020-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1770 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.2×)2020-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1150 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.9×)2020-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1950 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.4×)2020-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1320 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.2×)2020-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1830 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.3×)2020-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1150 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.9×)2020-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0770 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2020-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1380 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.7×)2019-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1120 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2019-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1270 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.6×)2019-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0930 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2019-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1120 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2018-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1170 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.5×)2018-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0930 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2018-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1030 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2018-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1100 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 11 results on file · action level 15 ppb

165.9 ppb
5.5 ppb
2.3 ppb
2.2 ppb
1.7 ppb
1.6 ppb
1.5 ppb
0.7 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2025-07-02Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-02Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2025-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  3. 2021-07-18Groundwater Rule ×2Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  4. 2021-04-19Groundwater RuleFailure to Consult with StateBack in compliance
  5. 2021-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0890 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2021-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1340 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2021-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0670 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2020-12-30Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  9. 2020-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1770 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2020-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1150 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2020-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1950 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2020-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1320 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2020-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1830 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2020-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1150 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2020-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0770 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2020-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1380 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2019-12-30Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  18. 2019-12-19Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  19. 2019-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1120 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2019-07-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  21. 2019-07-02Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  22. 2019-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1270 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2019-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0930 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2019-01-13Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  25. 2019-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1120 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 25 entries
  1. 2018-12-06Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  2. 2018-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1170 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2018-09-29Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  4. 2018-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0930 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2018-06-30Groundwater RuleFailure to Consult with StateBack in compliance
  6. 2018-05-31Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2018-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1030 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2018-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1100 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2017-12-30Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  10. 2017-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  11. 2017-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  12. 2015-11-17Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  13. 2015-11-17Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  14. 2015-05-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  15. 2014-04-24Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  16. 2013-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  17. 2012-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  18. 2012-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  19. 2005-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  20. 2005-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  21. 2004-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  22. 2000-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  23. 1999-10-19Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  24. 1994-01-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  25. 1993-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance

System details

Population served42
Service connections19
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityElmdale
EPA ZIP on file66850

Areas served

  • Elmdale, Chase County

Reading this record

City of Elmdale is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 42 people in Elmdale, Kansas. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.