What's in LOUISBURG, CITY OF's water?
LOUISBURG, 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 4,994 people through 2,017 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
51 total violations and 36 health-based ones put LOUISBURG, CITY OF at the 97th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 444 of 12,903.
How LOUISBURG, CITY OF compares within KS
KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; LOUISBURG, CITY OF carries 36, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LOUISBURG, CITY OF is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2009-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LOUISBURG, 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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
This is what LOUISBURG, 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 51 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.