BAXTER SPRINGS, CITY OF
PWS ID: KS2002109 · BAXTER SPRINGS, Kansas 66713-0577
PFAS Detected
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
Population Served
3,852
Total Violations
285
Health-Based Violations
142
Water Source
Surface Water
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,977
- County
- Cherokee
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 135
- Monitoring Violations
- 128
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 102 | 2025 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 20 | 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 10 | 2011 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 10 | 1993 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MCL | 9 | 1986 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 7 | 2002 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 6 | 1989 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1989 |
| Benzene | MR | 6 | 1989 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 6 | 1989 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 1989 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1989 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 6 | 1989 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 1989 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| LASSO | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 1993 |
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 4 of 120 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADONA | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/18/2023 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/18/2023 | <0.002 µg/L | 0.002 µg/L | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/18/2023 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/18/2023 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/18/2023 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/18/2023 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/18/2023 | <0.002 µg/L | 0.002 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/18/2023 | <0.02 µg/L | 0.02 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/18/2023 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/18/2023 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/18/2023 | <0.006 µg/L | 0.006 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/18/2023 | <0.008 µg/L | 0.008 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/18/2023 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/18/2023 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/18/2023 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| lithium | 9/18/2023 | 59.7000 µg/L | 9 µg/L | Detected |
| PFNA | 9/18/2023 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/18/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/18/2023 | <0.007 µg/L | 0.007 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/26/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/26/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/26/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/26/2023 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/26/2023 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/26/2023 | <0.002 µg/L | 0.002 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/26/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/26/2023 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/26/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/26/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/26/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/26/2023 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/26/2023 | <0.02 µg/L | 0.02 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/26/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/26/2023 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/26/2023 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/26/2023 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/26/2023 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/26/2023 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| lithium | 6/26/2023 | 59.2000 µg/L | 9 µg/L | Detected |
Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025.
PFAS data from EPA UCMR5 monitoring program (2023-2025).
This data is provided for informational purposes only.