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Regulations for Public Water Systems Monitored at the Treatment Plant
BPU routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking Secondary Drinking Water Contaminants
water. The following tables show monitoring results for the
2024 Water Quality Report
2024 Water Quality Report
period of January 1 to December 31, 2023. All drinking water, Monitored Jan. – Dec. 2023
BPU
including bottled drinking water, may reasonably be expected Surpassed Average Range
to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The Standards Substance Units SMCL Detected Detected
presence of these contaminants does not necessarily indicate that Alkalinity as
the water poses a health risk. CaCO ppm NA 201 170-250
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More information about contaminants and potential health
Calcium ppm NA 72 61-84
effects can be obtained by calling the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water
Hotline at (800) 426-4791, or go to their Web site at www.epa. Chloride ppm 250 31 31
gov/safewater.
Specific
Have questions about drinking water quality? Call or log- Conductance µmhos/cm NA 817 760-920
on to these resources:
Total Hardness
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities as CaCO ppm NA 300 300
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Water Processing Division
Total Hardness Grain/
Phone: (913) 573-9272 or (913) 573-9284 as CaCO Gallon NA 17.5 17.5
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E-mail address: kdaggett@bpu.com
Magnesium ppm NA 25 20-30
BPU Web site: www.bpu.com
Iron (Fe) ppm 0.3 <0.01 <0.01-0.02
Laboratory Certification pH S.U. 6.5-8.5 7.5 7.3-7.6
The National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation
O-Phosphate ppm NA 0.59 0.43-0.80
Conference (NELAC) is a cooperative association of state
and federal agencies that establishes environmental laboratory Potassium ppm NA 6.6 5.2-8.8
performance standards. Its goal is to ensure environmental
Silica ppm NA 14 12-16
laboratories produce known high-quality data. This data can then
form a solid foundation for public health and environmental Sodium ppm NA 62 53-72
management decisions. BPU’s laboratory has been nationally
Sulfate ppm 250 160 160
accredited under the National Environmental
Laboratory Accreditation Program Total Dissolved ppm 500 500 500
(NELAP). NELAP is the program that Solids
implements the NELAC standards. This is
Metolachlor ppb NA 0.04 <0.05-0.11
accomplished by state and federal agencies
Secondary contaminants are not regulated, but provide guidelines for producing good tasting and
that act as Accrediting Authorities.
aesthetically pleasing water.
Water Quality Data *Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule
The following tables list all of the drinking water contaminants Fourth Cycle (UCMR4)
which were detected during the 2023 calendar year. The presence Sampling Period July 2019-Sept. 2020
of these contaminants does not necessarily indicate the water
Average Range
poses a health risk. Unless noted, the data presented in this table Substance Units MRL Detected Detected
is from the testing done January 1- December 31, 2023. The
state requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than Manganese mg/L 0.4 0.59 0.42-0.80
once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants
Bromide mg/L 5 58 50-66
are not expected to vary significantly from year to year. Some of
the data, though representative of the water quality, is more than Total Organic Carbon mg/L 0.3 2.8 2.6-3.1
one year old. The bottom line is that the water that is provided
to you is safe. HAA5 mg/L - 20 1.4-36
HAA6Br mg/L - 12 0.5-18
Additional Required Health Effects
Language: HAA9 mg/L - 30 1.9-50
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) has no health effects. Chlorodibromoacetic Acid mg/L 0.3 1.32 0.30-1.80
However, total organic carbon provides a medium for the
Bromodichloroacetic Acid mg/L 0.5 4.86 0.68-6
formation of disinfection byproducts. These byproducts include
trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs). Drinking Dibromoacetic Acid mg/L 0.3 1.11 0.61-1.70
water containing these byproducts in excess of the MCL may
lead to adverse health effects, liver or kidney problems, or nervous Monobromoacetic Acid mg/L 0.3 0.43 0.31-0.55
system effects, and may lead to an increased risk of getting cancer.
Bromochloroacetic Acid mg/L 0.3 4.9 0.5-7.1
Certain minerals are radioactive and may emit forms of
Dichloroacetic Acid mg/L 0.2 10.31 1.4-20
radiation known as photons and beta radiation. Some people who
drink water containing beta particle and photon radioactivity in Tribromoacetic Acid mg/L 2.0 2.0 2.0
excess of the MCL over many years may have an increased risk
of getting cancer. Trichloroacetic Acid mg/L 0.5 8.23 2.0-14

*Unregulated contaminant monitoring helps EPA determine where certain contaminants occur
and whether the Agency should consider regulating those contaminants in the future.
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