Is NORTON, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
NORTON, CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,758 people get their water from it, across 1,475 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
NORTON, CITY OF has 84 violations on record in total, 43 of thems health-based - ranking it 340th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 97th percentile nationally.
How NORTON, CITY OF compares within KS
NORTON, CITY OF's 43 health-based violations sit above 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 NORTON, CITY OF is from 2023-01-10 (health-based: 2023-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTON, 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Uranium
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is NORTON, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 43 health-based violations on file for NORTON, 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.