Allen Co Rwd 15, KS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Allen Co Rwd 15
Allen Co Rwd 15 serves about 135 people through 52 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Allen County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2000121; phone on file: 785-813-1063. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 6.2 ppb from 6.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Allen Co Rwd 15 is 6.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 832 Kansas systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.4 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 35 have gone over at some point. Allen Co Rwd 15's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in Kansas and the 12th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Allen County
13 other systems share Allen County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Allen Co Rwd 15. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Iola, City Of | 5,343 | 7.17 ppb |
| Humboldt, City Of | 1,836 | 1.7 ppb |
| Allen Co Rwd 8 | 736 | 1.5 ppb |
| Gas City, City Of | 501 | 3.4 ppb |
| La Harpe, City Of | 484 | 1.1 ppb |
| Moran, City Of | 467 | 1.3 ppb |
| Allen Co Rwd 16 | 133 | 2.3 ppb |
| Allen Co Rwd 10 | 125 | 1.1 ppb |
| Allen Co Rwd 13 | 100 | 1 ppb |
| Allen Co Rwd 4 | 52 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Iola, KS
Look up your address in Allen Co Rwd 15's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Allen Co Rwd 15 whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.