Is Carbondale, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

168

health-based violations

233

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2016-10-01 → 2016-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2016-10-01 → 2016-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2016-10-01 → 2016-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2016-10-01 → 2016-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2016-10-01 → 2016-12-31

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	19 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	38.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 41 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	12.35 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	16.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	58.45 µg/L 73% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 65 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	32 µg/L 53% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 40 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	11.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.5 µg/L	31/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	757 µg/L 58% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 2400 µg/L	28/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	880 µg/L 8.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	28/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	17/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.82 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.5 µg/L	15/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	34.95 µg/L 233% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 46 µg/L	14/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	5.95 µg/L 198% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 3 µg/L worst single sample: 7.2 µg/L	11/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.6 µg/L	11/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	95.5 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 99 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	389 µg/L 9.7% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 410 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	8/8	LCR	2020
Arsenic	1.47 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	1.75 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 1.8 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	2.085 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.3000 pCi/L 6% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2014

40 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BESSETTE, EMILY
Phone: 785-836-7108
Email: cityclerk@carbondaleks.com

Frequently asked questions about Carbondale, City of

Is Carbondale, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Carbondale, 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 Carbondale, City of's water?

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

How many people does Carbondale, City of serve?

Carbondale, City of reports serving 1,344 people in Kansas, per its EPA record.

Has Carbondale, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 233 violations on file for Carbondale, City of, of which 168 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 7 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.