EMPORIA, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
EMPORIA, CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 24,009 people through 9,099 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
16 total violations and 9 health-based ones put EMPORIA, CITY OF at the 83th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,223 of 12,903.
Against the KS average
Among the 152 KS systems in this dataset, the average is 8.7 health-based violations - EMPORIA, CITY OF's 9 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
EMPORIA, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
EMPORIA, 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Bromate
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 EMPORIA, CITY OF's record does not cover
EMPORIA, CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 9 health-based violations on file for EMPORIA, CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.