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Community Water System · PWS KS2001901

Elgin, City Of

Operator location Sedan, Kansas - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 56 people served; 398 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

56
People served (this PWS)
398
EPA violations (this PWS)
45
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Elgin, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

56 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Elgin, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (398), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (56; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

398
Total EPA violations on record
11%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
56
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
48
County
Chautauqua
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
37
Monitoring Violations
299
Treatment Tech Violations
8

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 103 2015
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 51 2021
Coliform (TCR) MCL 27 2007
Chlorine MR 24 2021
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 18 2019
TTHM MR 11 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 11 2021
Public Notice Other 10 2021
Nitrate MCL 10 1988
Groundwater Rule TT 8 2021
Coliform (TCR) Other 7 2002
Nitrate MR 4 2018
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 4 2018
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 4 2018
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 4 2018
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2018
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2018
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 4 2018
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 4 2018
Carbon tetrachloride MR 4 2018
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 4 2018
Trichloroethylene MR 4 2018
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 4 2018
Tetrachloroethylene MR 4 2018
Ethylbenzene MR 4 2018
Atrazine MR 4 2018
Groundwater Rule Other 4 2020
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2018
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2018
Styrene MR 4 2018

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Elgin, City Of has 398 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (45 of 398), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

398 Higher than most more violations than 94% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Elgin, City Of

EPA SDWIS lists 56 people served and 48 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

398 violations · 56 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

What to do with Elgin, City Of

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Kansas compares on the same EPA violation measures. Kansas systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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