Galena, City Of, KS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Galena, City Of serves about 2,743 people through 1,260 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 Cherokee County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2002113; phone on file: 620-783-5265. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Galena, City Of's lead record
That is down 2.4 ppb from 2.4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Galena, City Of is 2.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Galena, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Kansas and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Cherokee County
15 other systems share Cherokee County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Galena, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter Springs, City Of | 3,852 | 3.2 ppb |
| Columbus, City Of | 2,882 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 3 | 1,900 | 2.4 ppb |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 4 | 1,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 8 | 1,235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 2 | 943 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 9 | 900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Weir, City Of | 566 | 1.1 ppb |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 1 | 520 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 5 | 480 | 3.3 ppb |
Next steps for Galena, KS
Look up your address in Galena, 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 Galena, 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.