Chase, City Of, KS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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
Chase, City Of serves about 390 people through 229 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 Rice County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2015906; phone on file: 620-938-2911. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Chase, City Of is 2.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.3 ppb |
How Chase, 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. Chase, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Kansas and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Rice County
7 other systems share Rice County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Chase, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lyons, City Of | 3,556 | 1.27 ppb |
| Sterling, City Of | 2,318 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rice Co Rwd 1 | 900 | 4.2 ppb |
| Little River, City Of | 474 | 2.2 ppb |
| Geneseo, City Of | 231 | 0.51 ppb |
| Bushton, City Of | 199 | 2.9 ppb |
| Raymond, City Of | 85 | 1.3 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Chase, City Of'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 Chase, 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. 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.