Public water system record
Montgomery Co RWD 4
Serves an area of Montgomery County, KS that includes Sycamore · 745 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Montgomery Co RWD 4 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
- 7
Key facts
- Montgomery Co RWD 4 buys its water from City of Independence.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, December 2010.
- Record on file since 1993, with 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Active |
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Oct 17, 2024 | Active |
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Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 31, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2019 | Active |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2016 | Active |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Montgomery Co RWD 4 go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 3 |
| 2000s | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 2014, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2001 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Kansas regulators and EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Montgomery Co RWD 4 and issued 1 boil water order between 2007 and 2010. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2010.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2010 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Jul 2, 2007 | Kansas | Boil water order | 2 violations (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Montgomery Co RWD 4 buys its water from City of Independence. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- City of Independence Independence, KS
Annual water quality report
Montgomery Co RWD 4 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
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