Public water system record
Rice Co RWD 1
Serves an area of Rice County and McPherson County, KS that includes Little River · 900 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Rice Co RWD 1 in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Rice Co RWD 1 buys its water from City of Lyons.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, December 2010.
- Record on file since 1995, with 0 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1995
EPA's records for Rice Co RWD 1 go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 8 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Rice Co RWD 1 in 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: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Rice Co RWD 1 buys its water from City of Lyons. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- City of Lyons Lyons, KS
Annual water quality report
Rice Co RWD 1 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