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Community Water System · PWS KS2015501

Pretty Prairie, City Of

Pretty Prairie, Kansas 67570 - drinking water served from groundwater sources to 655 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

655
People served
704
EPA violations
602
Health-based
Untested
UCMR5 result

The verdict

EPA records 704 drinking-water violations at Pretty Prairie, City Of, 86% of them health-based - above the Kansas per-system average.

704
Total EPA violations on record
86%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
655
People served by this system
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Pretty Prairie, City Of

Pretty Prairie, City Of is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 655 residents in Pretty Prairie, Kansas (Reno County) through 271 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 704 total violations for this system , of which 602 (86%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 44 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Nitrate, recorded in 596 violations (MCL, health-based). This system has not yet been sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, so no PFAS detection data is available here.

Across Kansas, EPA tracks 957 public water systems serving 2,894,673 people, with 84,344 cumulative violations and 33,424 health-based violations on record. About 99% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 88.1 violations. Statewide, 89 of 103 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (86.4%).

Pretty Prairie, City Of's 704 violations sit above the Kansas average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.

Population Served
655
Total Violations
704
Health-Based Violations
602
Water Source
Groundwater

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
271
County
Reno
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
602
Monitoring Violations
44
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate MCL 596 2020
Public Notice Other 50 2021
Nitrate MR 24 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 8 2017
Lead and Copper Rule MR 7 2021
Coliform (TCR) MCL 6 1998
Coliform (TCR) MR 5 2004
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2018
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 1 2025

Verify This Water System

The figures above are aggregated from EPA's public databases. To verify the underlying records, or to file a complaint, request a Consumer Confidence Report, or check current monitoring status, go directly to the federal and state regulators that enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act for Pretty Prairie, City Of.

Federal Source of Truth

EPA SDWIS, Federal Reports

EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) holds the federal compliance record for every regulated public water system. Open the system-level report by PWS ID:

View PWS ID KS2015501 on SDWIS

Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search

State Regulator

Kansas Drinking Water Authority

Kansas's primacy agency administers the Safe Drinking Water Act locally. Search EPA SDWIS for the current state contact, or use the state's public health or environment department portal.

Find KS regulator via EPA SDWIS

Violation Timeline

Each row links to the EPA SDWIS public record for verification. Cross-reference the contaminant code on EPA's federal report to see violation dates, return-to-compliance status, and enforcement actions.

Year (latest) Contaminant Category Count EPA Record
2025 LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 1 SDWIS / KS2015501 / 5200
2023 Nitrate MR 24 SDWIS / KS2015501 / 1040
2021 Public Notice Other 50 SDWIS / KS2015501 / 7500
2021 Lead and Copper Rule MR 7 SDWIS / KS2015501 / 5000
2020 Nitrate MCL 596 SDWIS / KS2015501 / 1040
2018 Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 SDWIS / KS2015501 / 7000
2017 Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 8 SDWIS / KS2015501 / 8000
2004 Coliform (TCR) MR 5 SDWIS / KS2015501 / 3100
1998 Coliform (TCR) MCL 6 SDWIS / KS2015501 / 3100

How Pretty Prairie, City Of Compares

Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.

Metric Pretty Prairie, City Of Kansas avg Federal benchmark
Total violations 704 88.1 SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations 602 34.9 Indicates a contaminant exceeded a federal MCL
PFAS detection None 86.4% EPA final rule (2024): PFOA/PFOS MCL = 4.0 ppt
Population served 655 3,025 Sizing context for compliance burden

Sources: EPA SDWIS and EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR Part 141). State averages computed across 957 regulated public water systems in Kansas.

Federal MCL reference, Safe Drinking Water Act thresholds ▼
Contaminant Federal MCL / Action Level Note
Lead 0 mg/L (Action Level: 0.015 mg/L) Lead and Copper Rule treatment technique
Arsenic 0.010 mg/L (10 ppb) Health-based MCL since 2006
Total Coliform Treatment technique (RTCR) Indicator organism, monitoring trigger
PFOA / PFOS (PFAS) 4.0 ppt each (final 2024 rule) Compliance deadline 2029 (EPA proposed extending to 2031, not yet final as of May 2026)
Nitrate (as N) 10 mg/L Acute health risk for infants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Pretty Prairie, City Of water safe to drink? ▼
Pretty Prairie, City Of (PWS ID: KS2015501) has 704 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 655 people using Groundwater sources.
How many people does Pretty Prairie, City Of serve? ▼
Pretty Prairie, City Of serves 655 people in Pretty Prairie, Kansas. It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 271 service connections.
What type of violations does Pretty Prairie, City Of have? ▼
Pretty Prairie, City Of has 704 total violations: 602 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 44 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.
Has PFAS been detected in Pretty Prairie, City Of water? ▼
No PFAS testing data is available for Pretty Prairie, City Of under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
What water source does Pretty Prairie, City Of use? ▼
Pretty Prairie, City Of uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.
Where does this data come from? ▼
All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025. This data is provided for informational purposes only.

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 system's figures are rendered directly from 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.