PFAS in Kansas tap water

6 of 103 tested systems measured above the federal limit. 35 had a detection of any kind.

Every public water system below was required by the EPA to test for 29 PFAS compounds. Sorted by the highest PFOA or PFOS reading, worst first. Find yours for the full set of readings and what removes them.

Water system	Highest PFOA	Highest PFOS	Found	Against the 4 ppt limit
Frusi Water Treatment Plant	21.1 ppt	8.8 ppt	7 of 29	Above
Great Bend, City of	5.2 ppt	11 ppt	10 of 29	Above
Dodge City, City of	none detected	6.8 ppt	2 of 29	Above
Park City, City of	none detected	4.5 ppt	5 of 29	Above
Arkansas City, City of	none detected	4.4 ppt	2 of 29	Above
Pratt, City of	none detected	4.1 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Abilene, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
American Water - Fort Leavenworth	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Atchison Co Rwd 5C	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Atchison, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Augusta, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Baldwin City, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Baxter Springs, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bel Aire, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bonner Springs, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bourbon Co Rwd 2C	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Butler Co Rwd 5	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Canton, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Chanute, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Clay Center, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Coffeyville, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Colby, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Concordia, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Council Grove, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Crawford Co Rwd 5	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Desoto, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Douglas Co Rwd 3	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Douglas Co Rwd 4	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
El Dorado, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
El Paso Water Company	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Emporia Ks, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Eudora, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Fort Scott, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Frontenac, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Garden City, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Gardner, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Gas City, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Goddard, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Goodland, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hays, City of	none detected	none detected	4 of 29	Within
Haysville, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hesston, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hugoton, City of	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Hutchinson, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Independence, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Iola, City of	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Jackson Co Rwd 3	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Jefferson Co Rwd 12	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Johnson Co Rwd 7	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Junction City, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lan Del Water District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Larned, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lawrence, City of	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Leavenworth Water Department	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Liberal, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Louisburg, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Lyons, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Maize, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Manhattan, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Maple Hill, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mcconnell Afb	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mcpherson, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Medicine Lodge, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Miami Co Rwd 2	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Moran, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Moundridge, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mulvane, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Munden, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Newton Ks, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Olathe, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Osawatomie, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Ottawa, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Paola, City of	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Parsons, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Perry, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Pittsburg, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Pottawatomie Co Rwd 1	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Rose Hill, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Russell, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Salina, City of	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Scott City, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sedgwick Co Rwd 2	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Sedgwick Co Rwd 3	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Shawnee Co Rwd 1C	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Shawnee Co Rwd 4C	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Shawnee Co Rwd 8	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Spring Hill, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Suburban Water Company	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sylvan Grove, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Tonganoxie, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Topeka, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Ulysses, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
University of Kansas	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Valley Center, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Virgil, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Wamego, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Water District 1 of Johnson Co	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Wathena, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Waverly, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wellington, City of	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Wichita, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Winfield, City of	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within

All 103 systems the EPA tested in Kansas, every one of them with its own page. Each was tested for 29 PFAS compounds.

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Source, the EPA’s fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, final dataset published 2026-10-15. Original data →