Is Severy, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Greenwood

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

1,058

health-based violations

1,191

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01 → 2021-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Bromodichloromethane	42.65 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 57 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	13.55 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	264 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 290 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	146 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 200 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	162 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 170 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	292.5 µg/L 366% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 320 µg/L	28/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	4.48 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5 µg/L	25/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	91.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 130 µg/L	25/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	157.7 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 210 µg/L	24/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.8 µg/L	23/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	209 µg/L 348% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 230 µg/L	22/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	730 µg/L 7.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	12/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.61 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	10/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	73.85 µg/L 3.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 77 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0023 mg/L 15% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	7/7	LCR	2025
Lead	4.6 µg/L 31% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 5.2 µg/L	5/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	188 µg/L 4.7% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 190 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	1.195 µg/L 2.4% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	1.9 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Carbon Tetrachloride	0.5000 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2017
Chromium	1.6 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Ethylbenzene	1.6 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2013–2017
Xylenes, Total	7.1 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2013–2017

39 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranChlordaneCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEndrinHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: WISS, DONNA
Phone: 620-736-2323
Email: severy2@outlook.com

Frequently asked questions about Severy, City of

Is Severy, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Severy, City of's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Severy, City of's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Dibromochloromethane, Chloroform, Dichloroacetic Acid, Trichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Severy, City of serve?

Severy, City of reports serving 200 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Severy, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 1191 violations on file for Severy, City of, of which 1058 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.