Montgomery Co Rwd 1c, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.9 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Montgomery Co Rwd 1c at a glance
Montgomery Co Rwd 1c serves about 2,450 people through 1,006 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Montgomery County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2012509; phone on file: 620-673-5791. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (3.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Montgomery Co Rwd 1c is 3.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How Montgomery Co Rwd 1c compares
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. Montgomery Co Rwd 1c's 2.9 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Kansas and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Montgomery County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Montgomery Co Rwd 1c. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Coffeyville, City Of | 8,847 | 3.7 ppb |
| Independence, City Of | 8,464 | 1.9 ppb |
| Cherryvale, City Of | 2,159 | 1 ppb |
| Caney, City Of | 1,756 | 2.4 ppb |
| Montgomery Co Rwd 6 | 1,092 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montgomery Co Rwd 2 | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montgomery Co Rwd 12 | 756 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montgomery Co Rwd 4 | 745 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montgomery Co Rwd 9 | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dearing, City Of | 376 | 0.7 ppb |
Next steps for Havana, KS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Havana, 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 Montgomery Co Rwd 1c 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.