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Osage County, Kansas

Water Systems
17
Population Served
17,894
Total Violations
1,472
668 health-based
PFAS Detected
0
of 0 tested

Violation Analysis

100.0%
Systems with Violations
86.6
Avg Violations per System
45.4%
Health-Based Violations

Water Source Types

SW
15 systems (88%)
GW
2 systems (12%)

Compliance Snapshot

Osage Kansas water systems by violation status, EPA SDWIS records.

No violations on record (0) One or more violations (17)

Violation history is cumulative, many flagged systems have already returned to compliance. Detail pages show per-system context.

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Osage Co RWD 5 3,763 68 -
Osage City, City Of 2,809 30 -
Osage Co RWD 8 2,240 31 -
Osage Co RWD 7 1,430 52 -
Carbondale, City Of 1,344 238 -
Lyndon, City Of 1,049 19 -
Overbrook, City Of 999 49 -
Burlingame, City Of 955 74 -
Osage Co RWD 3 900 344 -
Scranton, City Of 651 110 -
Osage Co RWD 4 500 68 -
Osage Co RWD 6 370 36 -
Melvern, City Of 351 37 -
Quenemo, City Of 287 18 -
Osage Co RWD 2 220 125 -
Melvern Res Arrow Rock 25 5 -
Public Wholesale WSD 12 1 168 -

Other Counties in Kansas

Johnson County
9 systems · 668,443 served · 321 violations
Sedgwick County
29 systems · 498,426 served · 1,514 violations
Wyandotte County
2 systems · 160,765 served · 103 violations
Douglas County
14 systems · 155,316 served · 244 violations
Shawnee County
9 systems · 154,507 served · 551 violations
Leavenworth County
16 systems · 82,837 served · 1,071 violations

Drinking Water Guides

Frequently Asked Questions

How many water violations are in Osage County? ▼
Osage County has 1,472 total drinking water violations across 17 water systems, of which 668 are health-based violations. 100.0% of systems have at least one violation.
How many people get water from Osage County systems? ▼
Water systems in Osage County serve approximately 17,894 people through 17 public water systems.
Has PFAS been detected in Osage County water? ▼
No PFAS testing data is available for water systems in Osage County.
What types of water sources supply Osage County? ▼
Water systems in Osage County use SW (15 systems), GW (2 systems) as their primary water sources.
Are health-based violations serious? ▼
Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 45.4% of Osage County's violations are health-based. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.
Data Sources & Methodology

Drinking water violation data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). PFAS testing data from the UCMR5 monitoring program. SDWIS tracks all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Violations are categorized as health-based (Maximum Contaminant Level exceedances, treatment technique failures) or monitoring/reporting violations. Not all violations indicate an immediate health risk.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater Editorial

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.