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Water hardness in Salina

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Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison: Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank: —
Matched utilities: 4
Active health records: 0

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Utility hardness unavailable in this index

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

Salina, City Of

KS2016914 · Surface water · 46,481 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 (1)

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: 0.0014 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

9% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Ottawa Co Rwd 2

KS2014307 · Groundwater · 1,794 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: 0.0033 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

22% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 1.5 mg/L
Action level: 1.3 mg/L

115% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2014

Violation history (3)

Imported violation history for Ottawa Co Rwd 2
Rule	Status	Period
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Feb 1, 2024 to Feb 29, 2024
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 25, 2024
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Oct 31, 2022 to Oct 10, 2022

Saline Co Rwd 4

KS2016913 · Groundwater · 768 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: 0.0038 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

25% 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, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011

Violation history (5)

Imported violation history for Saline Co Rwd 4
Rule	Status	Period
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS	Unaddressed	Jul 2, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Apr 1, 2024 to Apr 30, 2024
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2024 to Apr 30, 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Feb 1, 2024 to Feb 29, 2024
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 25, 2024

Sundowner, Inc

KS2016910 · Groundwater · 220 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 (1)

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

Violation history (81)

Imported violation history for Sundowner, Inc
Rule	Status	Period
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2026 to Jan 31, 2026
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2026 to Jan 31, 2026
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Dec 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Dec 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Nov 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Nov 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Oct 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Aug 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Aug 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS	Unaddressed	Jul 2, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jun 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Jun 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	May 1, 2025 to May 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	May 1, 2025 to May 31, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2025 to Apr 30, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Apr 1, 2025 to Apr 30, 2025
Chlorine	Resolved	Feb 1, 2025 to Feb 28, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Feb 1, 2025 to Feb 28, 2025
Nitrate	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Dec 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Chlorine	Resolved	Dec 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Nov 1, 2023 to Nov 30, 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Oct 2, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 26, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Aug 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Sep 25, 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Mar 22, 2026
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Apr 1, 2023 to Apr 30, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2023 to May 15, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Mar 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Jan 31, 2023
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Feb 20, 2023
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
DICHLOROMETHANE	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
o-Dichlorobenzene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Vinyl chloride	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
1,1-Dichloroethylene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
1,2-Dichloroethane	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Carbon tetrachloride	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Trichloroethylene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Tetrachloroethylene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Benzene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Ethylbenzene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Toluene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Xylenes, Total	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
p-Dichlorobenzene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
1,2-Dichloropropane	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Styrene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
CHLOROBENZENE	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Dec 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Nov 1, 2022 to Nov 30, 2022
Chlorine	Resolved	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Aug 1, 2022 to Aug 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Jul 31, 2022
Chlorine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 26, 2022
Public Notice	Resolved	Jun 6, 2022 to Sep 23, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jun 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Chlorine	Resolved	Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Jan 31, 2022
Nitrate	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Feb 14, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Revised Total Coliform RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Oct 2, 2021 to Feb 10, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 31, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Nov 16, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Mar 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Feb 1, 2021 to Feb 28, 2021
Nitrate	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Chlorine	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Apr 1, 2017

City summary

What the indexed records say

Salina has 1 published ZIP profile across Saline County. No qualifying nearby hardness observation is available for the city.

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.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs

Moderately hard0 ZIPs

Hard0 ZIPs

Very hard0 ZIPs

0 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: — miles
Profiles with evidence: 0/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: unavailable to unavailable.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Salina

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ZIP code

67401

No estimate

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Nearest site: — mi
Confidence: —

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

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

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Questions people ask

About water in Salina

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.