Fort Leavenworth American Water Ent Llc, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.94 ppb (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. 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
Fort Leavenworth American Water Ent Llc serves about 12,934 people through 1,907 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Leavenworth County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2010311; phone on file: 913-758-9272. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.34 ppb from 2.6 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fort Leavenworth American Water Ent Llc is 4.94 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.94 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Fort Leavenworth American Water Ent Llc's 4.94 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Kansas and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Leavenworth County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Fort Leavenworth American Water Ent Llc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Leavenworth Water Department | 38,757 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lan Del Water District | 7,302 | 1.58 ppb |
| Tonganoxie, City Of | 5,702 | 1.3 ppb |
| Suburban Water Company | 4,700 | 2.5 ppb |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 1c | 3,200 | 2.6 ppb |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 7 | 3,000 | 9.1 ppb |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 8 | 2,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 9 | 2,000 | 3 ppb |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 5c | 780 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 10 | 499 | 4.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Leavenworth, 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 Fort Leavenworth American Water Ent Llc 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.