DrinkingWaterCheck

Is GARDEN CITY, CITY OF's water safe to drink?

GARDEN CITY, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 35,126 people through 10,012 service connections.

How this compares nationally

GARDEN CITY, CITY OF has 19 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,106th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 76th percentile nationally.

Against the KS average

KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; GARDEN CITY, CITY OF carries 6, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

GARDEN CITY, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2011-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2011-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

GARDEN CITY, 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:

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 GARDEN CITY, CITY OF's record does not cover

GARDEN CITY, 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 - 6 health-based violations on file for GARDEN CITY, 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.