Hardtner, City Of, KS
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.5 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Hardtner, City Of
Hardtner, City Of serves about 164 people through 132 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 Barber County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2000706; phone on file: 620-296-4583. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 10.5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hardtner, City Of is 10.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.4 ppb |
How Hardtner, 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. Hardtner, City Of's 10.5 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Kansas and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Barber County
8 other systems share Barber County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hardtner, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine Lodge, City Of | 1,723 | 1.8 ppb |
| Kiowa, City Of | 869 | 1.01 ppb |
| Barber Co Rwd 2 | 245 | 2.4 ppb |
| Barber Co Rwd 3 | 230 | 1 ppb |
| Sharon, City Of | 147 | 4.1 ppb |
| Barber Co Rwd 1 | 95 | 1.9 ppb |
| Hazelton, City Of | 84 | 0.7 ppb |
| Isabel, City Of | 66 | 0.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hardtner, 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 Hardtner, 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.