Tescott, City Of, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.32 ppb (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. 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
Tescott, City Of serves about 271 people through 157 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 Ottawa County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2014302; phone on file: 785-283-4337. 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 1.88 ppb from 3.2 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tescott, City Of is 6.5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.32 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.4 ppb |
How Tescott, City Of 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. Tescott, City Of's 1.32 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Kansas and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Ottawa County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tescott, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis, City Of | 1,948 | 1.5 ppb |
| Ottawa Co Rwd 2 | 1,794 | 3.3 ppb |
| Bennington, City Of | 635 | 0 (not detected) |
| Delphos, City Of | 306 | 0.72 ppb |
| Ottawa Co Rwd 1 | 198 | 1.2 ppb |
| Culver, City Of | 115 | 9.5 ppb |
Next steps for Tescott, KS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tescott, 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 Tescott, City Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1520 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.