Alma, City Of, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Alma, City Of serves about 799 people through 449 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2019701; phone on file: 785-765-3502. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (3.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Alma, City Of is 3.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.4 ppb |
How Alma, City Of compares
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. Alma, City Of's 2.7 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Kansas and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Wabaunsee County
9 other systems share Wabaunsee County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Alma, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wabaunsee Co Rwd 2 | 1,400 | 1.8 ppb |
| Maple Hill, City Of | 646 | 1 ppb |
| Alta Vista, City Of | 422 | 0.7 ppb |
| Eskridge, City Of | 413 | 2.3 ppb |
| Wabaunsee Co Rwd 1 | 400 | 1.4 ppb |
| Mcfarland, City Of | 281 | 0.7 ppb |
| Paxico, City Of | 212 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Wabaunsee Improvement Dist | 185 | 1.9 ppb |
| Harveyville, City Of | 181 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Alma, KS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Alma, KS may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Alma, City Of 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.