Public water system record
City of Powhattan
Serves Powhattan, Brown County, KS · 68 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Powhattan in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 9
Key facts
- City of Powhattan buys its water from Brown Co RWD 2.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Kansas, September 1988.
- Record on file since 1979, with 29 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Oct 17, 2024 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 2, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Aug 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Aug 16, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Aug 6, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Oct 18, 2011 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for City of Powhattan go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 29 health-based violations (18 resolved, 11 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 36 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1 | 0 |
| 1980s | 10 | 0 |
| 1990s | 6 | 17 |
| 2000s | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 8 | 16 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began April 2015, Resolved.
Show all 29 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2010 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2001 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 22.2 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (2.2 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 21.9 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (2.2 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 1991 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1991 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1991 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1991 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 17.8 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
|
Mar 13, 1991 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1989 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1988 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 21, 1987 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 23, 1987 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 5, 1985 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1985 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 24, 1984 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1982 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 26, 1982 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 8, 1980 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 19, 1979 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Kansas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Powhattan in 1988. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in September 1988.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 1988 | Kansas | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
City of Powhattan buys its water from Brown Co RWD 2. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Brown Co RWD 2 Powhattan, KS
Annual water quality report
City of Powhattan must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask City of Powhattan for a copy.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Kansas.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells