Is CRAWFORD CO RWD 5's water safe to drink?

CRAWFORD 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. 2,200 people get their water from it, across 712 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CRAWFORD CO RWD 5 ranks 2,228th by violation burden (83th percentile) - 16 violations total, 9 health-baseds.

Against the KS average

KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; CRAWFORD CO RWD 5 carries 9, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

CRAWFORD CO RWD 5's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

CRAWFORD 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:

• Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CRAWFORD CO RWD 5's record does not cover

This is what CRAWFORD CO RWD 5 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 16 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.