Community Water System · PWS KS2017717
Shawnee Co RWD 3C
Operator location Topeka, Kansas - 74% of 148 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,675 served per SDWIS.
- 2,675
- People served (this PWS)
- 148
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 110
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Shawnee Co RWD 3C standing, high SDWIS violation third
74% of 148 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 74% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,418 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Shawnee Co RWD 3C sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (148), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,675 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 74% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,418 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #113 of 424
- Population · KS
- 148
- Total EPA violations on record
- 74%
- 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
- 1,121
- County
- Shawnee
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 110
- Monitoring Violations
- 35
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 110 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 15 | 2022 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 15 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Shawnee Co RWD 3C has 148 recorded EPA violations, 81% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 19% carry more. 74% of this system's own violations are health-based (110 of 148), and it ranks #11,418 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)
148 Higher than most more violations than 81% 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 Shawnee Co RWD 3C
110 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KS2017717.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
148 violations · 2,675 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 Shawnee Co RWD 3C
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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