Cowley Co Rwd 3, KS Water Quality
Is Cowley Co Rwd 3's water safe to drink?
Cowley Co Rwd 3 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,500 people through 875 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Cowley Co Rwd 3 ranks 6,075th by violation burden (53th percentile) - 30 violations total, 2 health-based.
How Cowley Co Rwd 3 compares within KS
KS's 155 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; Cowley Co Rwd 3 carries 2, not 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 Cowley Co Rwd 3 is from 2024-01-01 (health-based: 1999-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Cowley Co Rwd 3'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: Coliform (TCR)
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 this data is and is not
This is what Cowley Co Rwd 3 reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 30 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.