Franklin Co Rwd 4, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.09 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
Franklin Co Rwd 4 serves about 2,281 people through 890 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 Franklin County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2005913; phone on file: 785-746-5571. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Franklin Co Rwd 4's lead record
That is up 1.09 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Franklin Co Rwd 4 is 9.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.09 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 9.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.7 ppb |
How Franklin 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. Franklin Co Rwd 4's 1.09 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in Kansas and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Franklin County
13 other systems share Franklin County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Franklin Co Rwd 4. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa, City Of | 12,604 | 1.1 ppb |
| Franklin Co Rwd 6 | 2,960 | 5.3 ppb |
| Wellsville, City Of | 1,933 | 2.08 ppb |
| Pomona, City Of | 890 | 8.1 ppb |
| Franklin Co Rwd 5 | 855 | 0 (not detected) |
| Franklin Co Rwd 1 | 665 | 1 ppb |
| Richmond, City Of | 442 | 1.4 ppb |
| Franklin Co Rwd 2 | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williamsburg, City Of | 390 | 1.7 ppb |
| Princeton, City Of | 252 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Williamsburg, 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 Franklin 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.