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Water hardness in Wichita

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

Utility-reported hardness

Not yet available

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State comparison
135 PPM below
Evidence comparison rank
#1 of 1
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.

Wichita, City Of

KS2017308 · Surface water · 395,699 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
0.0014 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

9% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

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

8077% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2008

Violation history (0)

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

Mcconnell Afb

KS2017323 · Surface water · 6,009 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
0.003 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

20% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (0)

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

City summary

What the indexed records say

Wichita has 25 published ZIP profiles across Sedgwick County. The regional-evidence median is 86 PPM. Its comparison-eligible median is 86 PPM versus 221 PPM statewide.

Among the 1 Kansascities meeting the comparison standard, Wichita ranks #1from highest to lowest. Across all 541 state ZIP profiles, available estimates run from 80.9to 292 PPM.

The 86.2–92.2 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard25 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard0 ZIPs

25 of 25 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
6 miles
Profiles with evidence
25/25

Confidence labels

High: 22Moderate: 3Low: 0

Observation window: Jul 7, 2016 to Jun 3, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Wichita

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

67202

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
4.1 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67203

Moderately Hard

92.2 PPM

Nearest site
5.8 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67204

Moderately Hard

92.2 PPM

Nearest site
9 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67205

Moderately Hard

92.2 PPM

Nearest site
9.2 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67206

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
5 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67207

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
3 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67208

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
3.9 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67209

Moderately Hard

89.2 PPM

Nearest site
8.1 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67211

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
2.4 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67212

Moderately Hard

92.2 PPM

Nearest site
9.5 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67213

Moderately Hard

89.2 PPM

Nearest site
4.8 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67214

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
4.6 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67215

Moderately Hard

89.2 PPM

Nearest site
8.5 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67216

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
1.9 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67217

Moderately Hard

89.2 PPM

Nearest site
4.6 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67218

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
1.5 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67219

Moderately Hard

89.2 PPM

Nearest site
8.7 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67220

Moderately Hard

89.2 PPM

Nearest site
7.2 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67223

Moderately Hard

92.2 PPM

Nearest site
10.4 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

67226

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
9 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67228

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
10.6 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

67230

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
6.6 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67232

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
6 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

67235

Moderately Hard

92.2 PPM

Nearest site
12.3 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

67260

Moderately Hard

86.2 PPM

Nearest site
5 mi
Confidence
High

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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 Wichita

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.