Is COWLEY CO RWD 5's water safe to drink?
COWLEY CO RWD 5 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,000, over 767 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, COWLEY CO RWD 5 ranks 6,316th by violation burden (51th percentile) - 16 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How COWLEY CO RWD 5 compares within KS
COWLEY CO RWD 5's 2 health-based violations sit within the KS average of 8.7, across 152 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for COWLEY CO RWD 5 is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2014-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
COWLEY CO RWD 5'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
Everything on this page is COWLEY CO RWD 5's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and COWLEY CO RWD 5's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,316th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.