Barton County Community College, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.8 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 County Community College serves about 1,000 people through 39 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 groundwater, in Barton County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2000913; phone on file: 620-792-9235. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Barton County Community College's lead record
That is up 1.6 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Barton County Community College is 2.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Barton County Community College 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. Barton County Community College's 2.8 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Kansas and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Barton County
9 other systems share Barton County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Barton County Community College. 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) |
| Claflin, City Of | 553 | 7.4 ppb |
| Barton Co Rwd 2 | 368 | 1 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 |
What to do in your house
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 County Community College 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.