DrinkingWaterCheck

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

HERINGTON, 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. 2,332 people get their water from it, across 1,172 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

HERINGTON, CITY OF has 63 violations on record in total, 49 of thems health-based - ranking it 281th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 98th percentile nationally.

How HERINGTON, CITY OF compares within KS

KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; HERINGTON, CITY OF carries 49, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for HERINGTON, CITY OF is from 2026-01-02 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

HERINGTON, 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 synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

HERINGTON, 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 63 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.