RUSSELL, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
RUSSELL, 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. 4,388 people get their water from it, across 2,462 connections.
How this compares nationally
RUSSELL, CITY OF has 64 violations on record in total, 16 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,136th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 91th percentile nationally.
How RUSSELL, CITY OF compares within KS
KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; RUSSELL, CITY OF carries 16, 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 RUSSELL, CITY OF is from 2024-01-12 (health-based: 2022-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RUSSELL, 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: CARBON, TOTAL; Chlorine dioxide
- 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
This is what RUSSELL, 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 RUSSELL, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,136th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.