West Mineral, City Of, KS
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
West Mineral, City Of at a glance
West Mineral, City Of serves about 150 people through 85 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 surface water, in Cherokee County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2002115; phone on file: 620-827-6131. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
West Mineral, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Mineral, City Of is 2.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.4 ppb |
How West Mineral, 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. West Mineral, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in Kansas and the 13th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Cherokee County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Mineral, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter Springs, City Of | 3,852 | 3.2 ppb |
| Columbus, City Of | 2,882 | 0 (not detected) |
| Galena, City Of | 2,743 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 3 | 1,900 | 2.4 ppb |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 4 | 1,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 8 | 1,235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 2 | 943 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 9 | 900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Weir, City Of | 566 | 1.1 ppb |
| Cherokee Co Rwd 1 | 520 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for West Mineral, KS
Look up your address in West Mineral, City Of'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 West Mineral, 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. 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.