Smith Co Rwd 1, KS
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Smith Co Rwd 1 serves about 475 people through 299 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 Smith County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2018305; phone on file: 785-282-0190. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Smith Co Rwd 1's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Smith Co Rwd 1 is 15.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 15.2 ppb over 15 |
How Smith Co Rwd 1 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. Smith Co Rwd 1's 2.2 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Kansas and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Smith County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Smith Co Rwd 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Smith Center, City Of | 1,572 | 1.4 ppb |
| Kensington, City Of | 401 | 4.6 ppb |
| Lebanon, City Of | 182 | 3.6 ppb |
| Gaylord, City Of | 83 | 2.2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Smith Center, 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 Smith Co Rwd 1 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.