Is SUBURBAN WATER COMPANY's water safe to drink?
SUBURBAN WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,700, over 1,903 connections.
SUBURBAN WATER COMPANY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SUBURBAN WATER COMPANY ranks 7,748th by violation burden (40th percentile) - 24 violations total, 1 health-based.
How SUBURBAN WATER COMPANY compares within KS
KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; SUBURBAN WATER COMPANY carries 1, 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 SUBURBAN WATER COMPANY is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2004-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SUBURBAN WATER COMPANY'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)
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 SUBURBAN WATER COMPANY'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 SUBURBAN WATER COMPANY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,748th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.