HIAWATHA, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained

HIAWATHA, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,246 people get their water from it, across 1,502 connections.

HIAWATHA, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country

HIAWATHA, CITY OF has 52 violations on record in total, 39 of thems health-based - ranking it 397th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 97th percentile nationally.

Against the KS average

KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; HIAWATHA, CITY OF carries 39, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

HIAWATHA, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

HIAWATHA, 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:

• Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate

The most severe category on record is nitrate / nitrite, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What HIAWATHA, CITY OF's record does not cover

Everything on this page is HIAWATHA, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 39 health-based violations on file for HIAWATHA, 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.