Is HESSTON, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
HESSTON, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,495 people get their water from it, across 1,258 connections.
HESSTON, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
HESSTON, CITY OF has 4 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,964th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 46th percentile nationally.
How HESSTON, CITY OF compares within KS
HESSTON, CITY OF's 2 health-based violations sit within the KS average of 8.7, across 152 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for HESSTON, CITY OF is from 2020-06-12 (health-based: 1994-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HESSTON, 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
HESSTON, 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 4 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.