Washington Co Rwd 2, KS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Washington Co Rwd 2 at a glance
Washington Co Rwd 2 serves about 673 people through 370 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 Washington County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2020113; phone on file: 785-541-1009. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.5 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Washington Co Rwd 2 is 5.1 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.1 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. Washington Co Rwd 2's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Kansas and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Washington County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Washington Co Rwd 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Co Rwd 1 | 1,093 | 1.75 ppb |
| Washington, City Of | 1,065 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hanover, City Of | 689 | 2.2 ppb |
| Clifton, City Of | 455 | 3.3 ppb |
| Linn, City Of | 382 | 0.7 ppb |
| Greenleaf, City Of | 347 | 0.86 ppb |
| Barnes, City Of | 161 | 2.2 ppb |
| Palmer, City Of | 125 | 2.3 ppb |
| Morrowville, City Of | 115 | 1.6 ppb |
| Haddam, City Of | 109 | 2.94 ppb |
Next steps for Palmer, KS
Look up your address in Washington Co Rwd 2'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 Washington Co Rwd 2 whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1600 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.