Johnson Co Rwd 7, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Johnson Co Rwd 7 at a glance
Johnson Co Rwd 7 serves about 6,457 people through 3,247 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Johnson County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2009104; phone on file: 913-856-7375. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (2.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Johnson Co Rwd 7 is 3.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.4 ppb |
Against other Kansas systems
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. Johnson Co Rwd 7's 2 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Kansas and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Johnson County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Johnson Co Rwd 7. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Water District 1 Of Johnson Co | 490,000 | 6.48 ppb |
| Olathe, City Of | 143,014 | 11 ppb |
| Gardner, City Of | 23,942 | 3.1 ppb |
| Desoto, City Of | 4,645 | 0 (not detected) |
| Edgerton, City Of | 1,741 | 5.2 ppb |
| Clearview City, City Of | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Gardner, KS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gardner, 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 Johnson Co Rwd 7 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.