INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,464, over 4,799 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
13 total violations and 6 health-based ones put INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF at the 75th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,201 of 12,903.
How INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF compares within KS
Among the 152 KS systems in this dataset, the average is 8.7 health-based violations - INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF's 6 is at or below that. 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 INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF is from 2023-01-05 (health-based: 2015-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
INDEPENDENCE, 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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 this data is and is not
This is what INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,201th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.