Community Water System · PWS KS2005309
Ellsworth Co RWD 1
Operator location Ellsworth, Kansas - 73% of 437 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 3,128 served per SDWIS.
- 3,128
- People served (this PWS)
- 437
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 318
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Ellsworth Co RWD 1 standing, high SDWIS violation third
73% of 437 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 73% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,316 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Ellsworth Co RWD 1 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (437), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,128 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 73% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,316 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #97 of 424
- Population · KS
- 437
- Total EPA violations on record
- 73%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
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
- 1,634
- County
- Ellsworth
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 177
- Monitoring Violations
- 102
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 139
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 133 | 2021 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 118 | 2021 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 55 | 2021 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 41 | 2007 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 13 | 2000 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 11 | 2018 |
| Public Notice | Other | 10 | 2019 |
| Chlorine dioxide | MR | 10 | 2019 |
| Chlorite | MR | 9 | 2019 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 8 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2018 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 1996 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 2 | 1996 |
| Chlorine dioxide | MRDL | 2 | 2016 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 2 | 2017 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2004 |
| TTHM | MR | 1 | 2013 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Ellsworth Co RWD 1 has 437 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 73% of this system's own violations are health-based (318 of 437), and it ranks #10,316 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
437 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
Health-based violations on Ellsworth Co RWD 1
318 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KS2005309.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
437 violations · 3,128 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Ellsworth Co RWD 1
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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