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City of Plainville

Serves Plainville, Rooks County, KS · 1,762 people served

Federal records show 11 health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Plainville in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • KS2016301
  • PLAINVILLE
  • KS
  • 1,762 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 67663
EPA system ID KS2016301

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
11
Resolved
11
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • City of Plainville draws water from 12 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.11 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit), 2020.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Kansas, October 2021.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 4 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.096 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.094 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.097 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.109 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.104 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.11 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.102 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 8, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for City of Plainville go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.

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

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began March 2003, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 28, 2003 Resolved
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 10.52 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 1995 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1991 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1991 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Kansas regulators and EPA took 2 formal enforcement actions against City of Plainville between 2010 and 2021. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2021.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 4, 2021 Kansas Compliance order (no penalty) 10 violations (10 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Dec 20, 2010 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

11 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

City of Plainville draws water from 12 wells.

Annual water quality report

City of Plainville 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.

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