Public water system record
City of Wichita
Serves Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS · 395,699 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Wichita 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
- City of Wichita draws water from 83 wells and 2 surface water intakes.
- Record on file since 2000, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 16 lead and 40,164 unknown out of 167,085 service lines.
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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 2000
EPA's records for City of Wichita go back to 2000. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began March 2010, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Mar 1, 2010 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
City of Wichita draws water from 83 wells and 2 surface water intakes. It also buys water from City of Valley Center. 12 other community water systems buy water from City of Wichita.
Buys water from
- City of Valley Center Valley Center, KS
Community systems that buy water from it
- Butler Co RWD 5 Benton, KS
- City of Bel Aire Bel Aire, KS
- City of Bentley Bentley, KS
- City of Benton Benton, KS
- City of Derby Derby, KS
- City of Kechi Kechi, KS
- City of Park City Park City, KS
- City of Rose Hill Rose Hill, KS
- City of Valley Center Valley Center, KS
- McConnell AFB McConnell AFB, KS
- Sedgwick Co RWD 1 Kechi, KS
- Sedgwick Co RWD 3 Mulvane, KS
Annual water quality report
City of Wichita 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
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