Shawnee Co Rwd 2c, KS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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
Shawnee Co Rwd 2c serves about 700 people through 661 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 Shawnee County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2017713; phone on file: 785-231-7556. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.9 ppb from 2.9 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Shawnee Co Rwd 2c is 6 ppb across 21 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 6 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.3 ppb |
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. Shawnee Co Rwd 2c's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Kansas and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Shawnee County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Shawnee Co Rwd 2c. 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) |
| Metro Topeka Airport Authority | 500 | 7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Shawnee Co Rwd 2c'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 Shawnee Co Rwd 2c whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1600 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.