CHENEY, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
CHENEY, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,170 people get their water from it, across 834 connections.
CHENEY, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CHENEY, CITY OF ranks 1,830th by violation burden (86th percentile) - 16 violations total, 11 health-baseds.
How CHENEY, CITY OF compares within KS
KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; CHENEY, CITY OF carries 11, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CHENEY, CITY OF is from 2022-01-10 (health-based: 1999-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CHENEY, CITY OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
CHENEY, CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and CHENEY, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,830th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.