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Water hardness in Overbrook

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Overbrook, Kansas.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank
—
Matched utilities
2
Active health records
0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Osage Co Rwd 5

KS2013904 · Surface water · 3,875 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.0028 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

19% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
1.4 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

108% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2005 to Dec 31, 2007

Violation history (5)
Imported violation history for Osage Co Rwd 5
RuleStatusPeriod
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)ResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Radium-228ResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Radium-226ResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Combined UraniumResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021

Overbrook, City Of

KS2013903 · Groundwater · 999 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
1.409 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

108% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 1995 to Dec 31, 1995

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for Overbrook, City Of
RuleStatusPeriod
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSUnaddressedJul 2, 2025

City summary

What the indexed records say

Overbrook has 1 published ZIP profile across Osage County. The regional-evidence median is 245 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community. At least one estimate is marked low confidence, so observation distance and date deserve extra attention.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard1 ZIP

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
22.5 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 1

Observation window: May 12, 2026 to May 12, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Overbrook

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

66524

Very Hard

245 PPM

Nearest site
22.5 mi
Confidence
Low

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Overbrook

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.