Metro Topeka Airport Authority, KS
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Metro Topeka Airport Authority
Metro Topeka Airport Authority serves about 500 people through 100 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Shawnee County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2117703; phone on file: 785-862-2362. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Metro Topeka Airport Authority's lead record
That is up 7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Metro Topeka Airport Authority is 42 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 32.8 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 42 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 7.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 32.8 ppb over 15 |
| 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. Metro Topeka Airport Authority's 7 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Kansas and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Shawnee County
8 other systems share Shawnee County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Metro Topeka Airport Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Topeka, City Of | 125,963 | 1.4 ppb |
| Shawnee Co Rwd 4c | 12,000 | 2.1 ppb |
| Shawnee Co Rwd 8 | 6,073 | 9.08 ppb |
| Shawnee Co Rwd 1c | 4,160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shawnee Co Rwd 3c | 2,960 | 0 (not detected) |
| Silver Lake, City Of | 1,337 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rossville, City Of | 1,099 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shawnee Co Rwd 2c | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Topeka, 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 Metro Topeka Airport Authority 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.