Butler Co Rwd 4, KS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Butler Co Rwd 4 serves about 1,565 people through 708 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 Butler County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2001506; phone on file: 316-775-5088. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Butler Co Rwd 4's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Butler Co Rwd 4 is 5.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
How Butler Co Rwd 4 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. Butler Co Rwd 4's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Kansas and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Butler County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Butler Co Rwd 4. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| El Dorado, City Of | 12,810 | 4.6 ppb |
| Augusta, City Of | 9,267 | 7.6 ppb |
| Butler Co Rwd 5 | 6,457 | 1.6 ppb |
| Rose Hill, City Of | 4,269 | 1.6 ppb |
| Butler Co Rwd 6 | 2,655 | 2.9 ppb |
| Douglass, City Of | 1,551 | 6.1 ppb |
| Butler Co Rwd 2 | 1,534 | 1.2 ppb |
| Butler Co Rwd 3 | 1,494 | 1.1 ppb |
| Butler Co Rwd 7 | 1,455 | 1.4 ppb |
| Towanda, City Of | 1,445 | 3.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Butler Co Rwd 4'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 Butler Co Rwd 4 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.