DrinkingWaterCheck

Is STERLING, CITY OF's water safe to drink?

STERLING, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,318 people get their water from it, across 995 connections.

STERLING, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, STERLING, CITY OF ranks 3,148th by violation burden (76th percentile) - 17 violations total, 6 health-baseds.

How STERLING, CITY OF compares within KS

KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; STERLING, CITY OF carries 6, not more than typical for the state. 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 STERLING, CITY OF is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 2011-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

STERLING, 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:

The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what STERLING, 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 STERLING, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,148th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.