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LAKIN, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained

LAKIN, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,166 people through 984 service connections.

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

39 total violations and 24 health-based ones put LAKIN, CITY OF at the 94th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 746 of 12,903.

Against the KS average

KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; LAKIN, CITY OF carries 24, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

LAKIN, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

LAKIN, 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 radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What LAKIN, CITY OF's record does not cover

This is what LAKIN, 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. This record - 24 health-based violations on file for LAKIN, 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.