What's in TONGANOXIE, CITY OF's water?
TONGANOXIE, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,702 people get their water from it, across 2,213 connections.
How this compares nationally
18 total violations and 3 health-based ones put TONGANOXIE, CITY OF at the 61th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,063 of 12,903.
How TONGANOXIE, CITY OF compares within KS
KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; TONGANOXIE, CITY OF carries 3, 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 TONGANOXIE, CITY OF is from 2023-05-09 (health-based: 2010-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TONGANOXIE, 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what TONGANOXIE, 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 TONGANOXIE, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,063th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.