OSAGE CO RWD 5: EPA violation history, explained
OSAGE CO RWD 5 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,875 people through 1,617 service connections.
How this compares nationally
OSAGE CO RWD 5 has 17 violations on record in total, 8 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,450th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 81th percentile nationally.
How OSAGE CO RWD 5 compares within KS
OSAGE CO RWD 5's 8 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 OSAGE CO RWD 5 is from 2021-01-01 (health-based: 2017-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
OSAGE CO RWD 5'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: TTHM
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 OSAGE CO RWD 5's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and OSAGE CO RWD 5's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,450th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.