Lan Del Water District, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.58 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.
Lan Del Water District at a glance
Lan Del Water District serves about 7,302 people through 3,226 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 Leavenworth County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2010313; phone on file: 913-727-3350. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lan Del Water District's lead record
That is up 1.58 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lan Del Water District is 1.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.58 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
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. Lan Del Water District's 1.58 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Kansas and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Leavenworth County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lan Del Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Leavenworth Water Department | 38,757 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Leavenworth American Water Ent Llc | 12,934 | 4.94 ppb |
| Tonganoxie, City Of | 5,702 | 1.3 ppb |
| Suburban Water Company | 4,700 | 2.5 ppb |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 1c | 3,200 | 2.6 ppb |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 7 | 3,000 | 9.1 ppb |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 8 | 2,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 9 | 2,000 | 3 ppb |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 5c | 780 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leavenworth Co Rwd 10 | 499 | 4.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lansing, 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 Lan Del Water District 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.