What's in ELLSWORTH CO RWD 1's water?
ELLSWORTH CO RWD 1 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,128 people through 1,634 service connections.
ELLSWORTH CO RWD 1's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ELLSWORTH CO RWD 1 ranks 219th by violation burden (98th percentile) - 89 violations total, 56 health-baseds.
Against the KS average
ELLSWORTH CO RWD 1's 56 health-based violations sit above 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
ELLSWORTH CO RWD 1's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
ELLSWORTH CO RWD 1'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL; Chlorine dioxide
- 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 ELLSWORTH CO RWD 1's record does not cover
This is what ELLSWORTH CO RWD 1 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. Between the utility's meter and ELLSWORTH CO RWD 1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 219th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.