Is SHAWNEE CO RWD 8's water safe to drink?
SHAWNEE CO RWD 8 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,073, over 3,258 connections.
How this compares nationally
14 total violations and 4 health-based ones put SHAWNEE CO RWD 8 at the 67th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,296 of 12,903.
Against the KS average
KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; SHAWNEE CO RWD 8 carries 4, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SHAWNEE CO RWD 8's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-02, with the most recent health-based one dated 2017-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
SHAWNEE CO RWD 8'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: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 SHAWNEE CO RWD 8's record does not cover
This is what SHAWNEE CO RWD 8 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 SHAWNEE CO RWD 8's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,296th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.