Reno Co Rwd 101, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.8 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
Reno Co Rwd 101 serves about 200 people through 87 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 groundwater, in Reno County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2015518; phone on file: 620-694-2976. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 4.4 ppb from 3.4 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Reno Co Rwd 101 is 7.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.7 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. Reno Co Rwd 101's 7.8 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Kansas and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Reno County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Reno Co Rwd 101. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson, City Of | 39,712 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Hutchinson, City Of | 2,498 | 3.1 ppb |
| Buhler, City Of | 1,315 | 2 ppb |
| Haven, City Of | 1,149 | 4.2 ppb |
| Nickerson, City Of | 1,050 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pretty Prairie, City Of | 655 | 2.6 ppb |
| Reno Co Rwd 4 | 635 | 0.9 ppb |
| Reno Co Rwd 3 | 450 | 1.6 ppb |
| Arlington, City Of | 431 | 0 (not detected) |
| Turon, City Of | 304 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; South Hutchinson, 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 Reno Co Rwd 101 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.