- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 1.7 ppt, highest 6.7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Dec 2024–Aug 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1.1 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
- Health-based violation: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Jul 2024–Jan 2025 (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Ottawa tap water? What EPA records show
EPA KS2005906 · serves Ottawa, KS · about 12,604 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Ottawa, City of (EPA KS2005906)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Ottawa's main utility, Ottawa, City of: 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Ottawa, City of, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Jul 2024–Jan 2025 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 1.1 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Ottawa, City of use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Ottawa, City of. EPA record
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)