Hartford, City Of, KS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Hartford, City Of at a glance
Hartford, City Of serves about 356 people through 275 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 surface water, in Lyon County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2011111; phone on file: 620-392-5513. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.5 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hartford, City Of is 4.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.2 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. Hartford, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Kansas and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Lyon County
11 other systems share Lyon County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hartford, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Emporia, City Of | 24,009 | 3.32 ppb |
| Lyon Co Rwd 1 | 1,595 | 4.6 ppb |
| Lyon Co Rwd 5 | 1,310 | 1.5 ppb |
| Lyon Co Rwd 4 | 980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lyon Co Rwd 2 | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Olpe, City Of | 513 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lyon Co Rwd 3 | 479 | 0 (not detected) |
| Park Place Communities Mgt Llc | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Reading, City Of | 182 | 0.8 ppb |
| Allen, City Of | 159 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Hartford, 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 Hartford, 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.