Community Water System · PWS KS2019701
Alma, City Of
Operator location Alma, Kansas - 55% of 144 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 799 served per SDWIS.
- 799
- People served (this PWS)
- 144
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 79
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Alma, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
55% of 144 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 55% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #22,743 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Alma, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (144), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (799; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 55% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #22,743 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #339 of 424
- Population · KS
- 144
- Total EPA violations on record
- 55%
- 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
- 449
- County
- Wabaunsee
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 51
- Monitoring Violations
- 43
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 28
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 31 | 2005 |
| TTHM | MCL | 20 | 2005 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 20 | 2006 |
| E. COLI | MR | 12 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 10 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 10 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 9 | 2022 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 8 | 2024 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2006 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Alma, City Of has 144 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 55% of this system's own violations are health-based (79 of 144), and it ranks #22,743 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)
144 Higher than most more violations than 80% 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 Alma, City Of
79 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KS2019701.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
144 violations · 799 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Alma, 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
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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.