Barton Co Rwd 2, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Barton Co Rwd 2 serves about 368 people through 141 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 groundwater, in Barton County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2000907; phone on file: 620-282-0652. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Barton Co Rwd 2 is 13.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 13.1 ppb over 10 |
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. Barton Co Rwd 2's 1 ppb sits at the 40th percentile in Kansas and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Barton County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Barton Co Rwd 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Great Bend, City Of | 14,580 | 3.5 ppb |
| Hoisington, City Of | 2,657 | 2.2 ppb |
| Ellinwood, City Of | 1,989 | 0 (not detected) |
| Barton County Community College | 1,000 | 2.8 ppb |
| Claflin, City Of | 553 | 7.4 ppb |
| Pawnee Rock, City Of | 190 | 0.9 ppb |
| Barton Hills Addition | 176 | 1.6 ppb |
| Albert, City Of | 128 | 0 (not detected) |
| Olmitz, City Of | 91 | 1.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Great Bend, 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 Barton Co Rwd 2 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.