Is KANSAS CITY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES's water safe to drink?
KANSAS CITY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 152,960 people through 50,186 service connections.
How this compares nationally
16 total violations and 1 health-based ones put KANSAS CITY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES at the 39th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,921 of 12,903.
Against the KS average
KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; KANSAS CITY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
KANSAS CITY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1993-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
KANSAS CITY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES'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)
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 KANSAS CITY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES's record does not cover
KANSAS CITY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES'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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for KANSAS CITY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES - 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.