Maize, City Of, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Maize, City Of serves about 6,060 people through 1,533 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 groundwater, in Sedgwick County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2017345; phone on file: 316-722-4854. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Maize, City Of is 1.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.3 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. Maize, City Of's 1.2 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in Kansas and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
22 other systems share Sedgwick County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Maize, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita, City Of | 395,699 | 1.42 ppb |
| Derby, City Of | 25,413 | 1.3 ppb |
| Haysville, City Of | 11,315 | 1.26 ppb |
| Park City, City Of | 8,503 | 1.9 ppb |
| Bel Aire, City Of | 8,448 | 3.7 ppb |
| Valley Center, City Of | 7,419 | 4.2 ppb |
| Sedgwick Co Rwd 3 | 6,045 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcconnell Afb | 6,009 | 3 ppb |
| Goddard, City Of | 5,372 | 3.7 ppb |
| Clearwater, City Of | 2,626 | 1.38 ppb |
Next steps for Maize, KS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Maize, 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 Maize, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.