Wilsey, City Of, KS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.63 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Wilsey, City Of
Wilsey, City Of serves about 139 people through 107 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 Morris County, Kansas. EPA system ID: KS2012705; phone on file: 785-497-2898. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wilsey, City Of is 6.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.63 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.7 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. Wilsey, City Of's 0.63 ppb sits at the 35th percentile in Kansas and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Morris County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wilsey, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Council Grove, City Of | 2,111 | 2.1 ppb |
| Morris Co Rwd 1 | 1,788 | 4 ppb |
| White City, City Of | 581 | 1.3 ppb |
| Dwight, City Of | 215 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morris Co Rwd 2 | 25 | 2.44 ppb |
Next steps for Wilsey, KS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wilsey, 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 Wilsey, 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.