Is WELLINGTON, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
WELLINGTON, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 7,664 people through 3,885 service connections.
How this compares nationally
58 total violations and 19 health-based ones put WELLINGTON, CITY OF at the 93th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 937 of 12,903.
Against the KS average
Among the 152 KS systems in this dataset, the average is 8.7 health-based violations - WELLINGTON, CITY OF's 19 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
WELLINGTON, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2017-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
WELLINGTON, 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: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- 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 WELLINGTON, CITY OF's record does not cover
Everything on this page is WELLINGTON, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 19 health-based violations on file for WELLINGTON, CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.