Formoso, City Of, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Formoso, City Of
Formoso, City Of serves about 92 people through 39 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 Jewell County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2008905; phone on file: 785-794-2424. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Formoso, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Formoso, City Of is 0.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.9 ppb |
How Formoso, 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. Formoso, City Of's 0.9 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in Kansas and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jewell County
6 other systems share Jewell County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Formoso, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jewell Co Rwd 1 | 959 | 1.3 ppb |
| Mankato, City Of | 848 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jewell, City Of | 365 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burr Oak, City Of | 142 | 4.1 ppb |
| Randall, City Of | 80 | 0 (not detected) |
| Esbon, City Of | 68 | 3.3 ppb |
Next steps for Formoso, KS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Formoso, 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 Formoso, 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.