Sundowner, Inc, KS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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
Sundowner, Inc serves about 220 people through 65 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Saline County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2016910; phone on file: 785-425-8714. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sundowner, Inc is 4.5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.1 ppb |
How Sundowner, Inc 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. Sundowner, Inc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 9th percentile in Kansas and the 16th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Saline County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sundowner, Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Salina, City Of | 46,481 | 1.4 ppb |
| Saline Co Rwd 3 | 936 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saline Co Rwd 4 | 768 | 3.8 ppb |
| Saline Co Rwd 2 | 465 | 2.82 ppb |
| Assaria, City Of | 427 | 2.37 ppb |
| Saline Co Rwd 7 | 418 | 2.7 ppb |
| Gypsum, City Of | 402 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saline Co Rwd 8 | 298 | 1.9 ppb |
| Brookville, City Of | 244 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saline Co Rwd 1 | 80 | 2.53 ppb |
Next steps for Stockton, KS
Look up your address in Sundowner, Inc'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 Sundowner, Inc 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.