Is LEAVENWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
LEAVENWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 38,757 people get their water from it, across 11,273 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
LEAVENWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT has 8 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,363th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 58th percentile nationally.
How LEAVENWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT compares within KS
LEAVENWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT's 3 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 LEAVENWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2019-06-12 (health-based: 2002-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LEAVENWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
LEAVENWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT'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. Between the utility's meter and LEAVENWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,363th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.