Is OSAGE CITY, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
OSAGE CITY, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,809, over 1,331 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
10 total violations and 5 health-based ones put OSAGE CITY, CITY OF at the 71th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,758 of 12,903.
Against the KS average
KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; OSAGE CITY, CITY OF carries 5, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
OSAGE CITY, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
OSAGE CITY, 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; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Atrazine
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 OSAGE CITY, CITY OF's record does not cover
This is what OSAGE CITY, 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. Between the utility's meter and OSAGE CITY, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,758th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.