Paola, City Of, KS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Paola, City Of serves about 5,786 people through 2,177 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 Miami County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2012103; phone on file: 913-259-3600. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.2 ppb from 2.2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paola, City Of is 5.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.6 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. Paola, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 30th percentile in Kansas and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Miami County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paola, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Co Rwd 2 | 10,311 | 2.57 ppb |
| Louisburg, City Of | 4,994 | 5.4 ppb |
| Osawatomie, City Of | 4,280 | 1.33 ppb |
| Miami Co Rwd 3 | 2,435 | 1.3 ppb |
| Fontana, City Of | 216 | 2.4 ppb |
| Marais Des Cygnes Public Utility Auth | 1 | - |
Your move
Look up your address in Paola, City Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Paola, 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.