HAYS, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
HAYS, 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 21,040 people through 8,293 service connections.
How this compares nationally
17 total violations and 5 health-based ones put HAYS, CITY OF at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,620 of 12,903.
Against the KS average
Among the 152 KS systems in this dataset, the average is 8.7 health-based violations - HAYS, CITY OF's 5 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
HAYS, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
HAYS, 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: Coliform (TCR); Groundwater Rule
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 HAYS, CITY OF's record does not cover
Everything on this page is HAYS, 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 HAYS, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,620th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.