Coffey Co Rwd 3, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Coffey Co Rwd 3
Coffey Co Rwd 3 serves about 1,903 people through 746 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 Coffey County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2003106; phone on file: 620-364-8099. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Coffey Co Rwd 3's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Coffey Co Rwd 3 is 8.9 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 8.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 8.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.5 ppb |
How Coffey Co Rwd 3 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. Coffey Co Rwd 3's 1.8 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Kansas and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Coffey County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Coffey Co Rwd 3. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Burlington, City Of | 2,641 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coffey Co Rwd 2e | 1,254 | 2.1 ppb |
| Coffey Co Rwd 2 | 1,146 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lebo, City Of | 883 | 2.5 ppb |
| Waverly, City Of | 574 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leroy, City Of | 447 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Strawn, City Of | 412 | 1.4 ppb |
| Gridley, City Of | 312 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for New Strawn, KS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Strawn, 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 Coffey Co Rwd 3 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.