Victoria, City Of, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Victoria, City Of
Victoria, City Of serves about 1,149 people through 570 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 groundwater, in Ellis County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2005119; phone on file: 785-735-2259. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Victoria, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Victoria, City Of is 1.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 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. Victoria, City Of's 1.7 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Kansas and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ellis County
9 other systems share Ellis County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Victoria, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hays, City Of | 21,040 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ellis, City Of | 2,001 | 1.7 ppb |
| Ellis Co Rwd 6 | 383 | 3 ppb |
| Ellis Co Rwd 1c | 340 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ellis Co Rwd 3 | 200 | 0.7 ppb |
| Schoenchen, City Of | 173 | 0.8 ppb |
| Buffalo Hills Park | 135 | 6.5 ppb |
| Country View Mobile Home Park | 125 | 2.7 ppb |
| Hays Suburban Estates | 38 | 4.4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Victoria, 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 Victoria, City Of 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.