New Strawn, City Of, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
About New Strawn, City Of
New Strawn, City Of serves about 412 people through 268 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Coffey County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2003105; phone on file: 620-364-8283. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2019 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Strawn, City Of is 1.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. New Strawn, City Of's 1.4 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Kansas and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Coffey County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Strawn, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Burlington, City Of | 2,641 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coffey Co Rwd 3 | 1,903 | 1.8 ppb |
| Coffey Co Rwd 2e | 1,254 | 2.1 ppb |
| Coffey Co Rwd 2 | 1,146 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lebo, City Of | 883 | 2.5 ppb |
| Waverly, City Of | 574 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leroy, City Of | 447 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gridley, City Of | 312 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Strawn, 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 New Strawn, 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.