What's in MANHATTAN, CITY OF's water?
MANHATTAN, 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 54,763 people through 16,428 service connections.
How this compares nationally
MANHATTAN, CITY OF has 2 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 9,082th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 30th percentile nationally.
How MANHATTAN, CITY OF compares within KS
MANHATTAN, CITY OF's 1 health-based violations sit within the KS average of 8.7, across 152 systems statewide. 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 MANHATTAN, CITY OF is from 1994-01-03 (health-based: 1991-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MANHATTAN, 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)
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
Everything on this page is MANHATTAN, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for MANHATTAN, 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.