Public water system record
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities
Serves Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS · 152,960 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 14 monitoring/reporting issues for Kansas City Board of Public Utilities 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
- 14
Key facts
- Kansas City Board of Public Utilities draws water from 2 wells.
- Record on file since 1993, with 1 health-based violation 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Chlordane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
HEXACHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Heptachlor epoxide
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Heptachlor
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
LASSO
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Atrazine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Simazine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Toxaphene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Methoxychlor
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
BHC-GAMMA
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Endrin
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Kansas City Board of Public Utilities go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 12 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began May 1993, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities draws water from 2 wells. 5 other community water systems buy water from Kansas City Board of Public Utilities. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Kansas City Board of Public Utilities.
Community systems that buy water from it
- City of Bonner Springs Bonner Springs, KS
- City of Tonganoxie Tonganoxie, KS
- Lan Del Water District Lansing, KS
- Leavenworth Co RWD 1C Basehor, KS
- Suburban Water Company Basehor, KS
Annual water quality report
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities 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