Desoto, City of, KS Water Quality
What's in Desoto, City of's water?
Desoto, City of has at least one health-based violation EPA's own compliance-tracking system still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. Population served: 4,645, over 1,950 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Desoto, City of ranks 3,627th by violation burden (72th percentile) - 17 violations total, 5 health-based.
How Desoto, City of compares within KS
KS's 155 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; Desoto, City of carries 5, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Desoto, City of is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Desoto, 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); Groundwater Rule
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
Everything on this page is Desoto, City of'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 Desoto, City of's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,627th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.