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City of Spivey

Serves Spivey, Kingman County, KS · 59 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Spivey in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • KS2009504
  • SPIVEY
  • KS
  • 59 served

System profile

Source water Purchased groundwater
ZIP 67142
EPA system ID KS2009504

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
8

Key facts

  • City of Spivey buys its water from Harper Co RWD 5.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Kansas, March 1997.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 26 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation 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 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Aug 1, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Aug 1, 2025 Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Jul 2, 2025 Active
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for City of Spivey go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 26 health-based violations (15 resolved, 11 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 1 0
1980s 10 0
1990s 15 3
2000s 0 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 6
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 6

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began October 1997, Resolved.

Show all 26 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.22 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 1997 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 13.04 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 1997 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.03 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 1997 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.77 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 1997 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.1 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 6, 1996 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 10.78 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 1996 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 10.75 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 1996 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.52 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 1995 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.44 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 1995 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.38 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 1995 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.65 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 1995 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.25 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 1994 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 13.23 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 1993 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.5 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 1992 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.14 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 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
 Mar 30, 1988 Archived
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 10, 1986 Archived
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 9, 1985 Archived
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 29, 1985 Archived
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 21, 1984 Archived
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1982 Archived
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 21, 1982 Archived
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 12, 1981 Archived
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 11, 1979 Archived

Enforcement actions

Kansas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Spivey in 1997. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 1997.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 11, 1997 Kansas Compliance order (no penalty) 12 violations (12 health-based): Nitrate

Where the water comes from

City of Spivey buys its water from Harper Co RWD 5. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

City of Spivey 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 Spivey for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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