Is COUNCIL GROVE, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
COUNCIL GROVE, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,111, over 1,165 connections.
COUNCIL GROVE, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
COUNCIL GROVE, CITY OF has 44 violations on record in total, 29 of thems health-based - ranking it 598th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 95th percentile nationally.
Against the KS average
COUNCIL GROVE, CITY OF's 29 health-based violations sit above the KS average of 8.7, across 152 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
COUNCIL GROVE, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2017-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
COUNCIL GROVE, 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What COUNCIL GROVE, CITY OF's record does not cover
COUNCIL GROVE, 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 44 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.