University Park Water District, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 ppb (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. 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.
University Park Water District at a glance
University Park Water District serves about 199 people through 111 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Riley County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2016103; phone on file: 785-537-6330. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
University Park Water District's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for University Park Water District is 0.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How University Park Water District 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. University Park Water District's 0.9 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in Kansas and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Riley County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than University Park Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Manhattan, City Of | 54,763 | 0.8 ppb |
| Riley Co Rwd 1 | 2,108 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ogden, City Of | 1,721 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riley, City Of | 977 | 1.53 ppb |
| Leonardville, City Of | 436 | 2.25 ppb |
| Konza Valley Water Benefit District | 345 | 2.2 ppb |
| Hunters Island Water District | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Randolph, City Of | 167 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tuttle Cc Mobile Home Park, Llc | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Manhattan, 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 University Park Water District 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.