Saline County Water Quality

Name: Saline County Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
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Saline County, Kansas: one city report built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

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Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

LithiumSALINA, CITY OF10 µg/L EPA health reference level (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPA41.7 µg/L

SALINA, CITY OF41.7 µg/LSample date: 2024-02-20 to 2024-11-26

Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)SALINA, CITY OF10 ng/L federal MCL (2024) · US EPA3.3 ng/L

SALINA, CITY OF3.3 ng/LSample date: 2024-02-20 to 2025-02-24

Lead (90th percentile)SALINA, CITY OF15 µg/L federal action level · US EPA1.4 µg/L

SALINA, CITY OF1.4 µg/LMonitoring period: 2021–2023

Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)SALINA, CITY OF2,000 ng/L EPA health advisory (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPA30.1 ng/L

SALINA, CITY OF30.1 ng/LSample date: 2024-02-20 to 2025-02-24

Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)SALINA, CITY OFNo federal or state limit; shown for transparency7.1 ng/L

SALINA, CITY OF7.1 ng/LSample date: 2024-02-20 to 2025-02-24

26 PFAS tested, none detected in this systemShow

Tested in this system: SALINA, CITY OF

11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)

1 city

Cities ranked by the records

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SalinaSALINA, CITY OF
PFAS detected, within limitLead below action level
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Showing 1 of 1 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Saline CountyPFAS detected in 1 of 1 city; none had a sample above a 2024 EPA limit

4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in Kansas

Lead

0of 1 city above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in Kansas

Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

SalinaSALINA, CITY OF · KS2016914
46,481 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Saline County tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 1 city in Saline County by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is Salina's main water system: SALINA, CITY OF · PWSID KS2016914 · Purity Score 93 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Saline County cities had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit?

None of the 1 Saline County city report had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. PFAS were detected below the limit in 1.

Is there lead in Saline County tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 1 of 1 Saline County cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

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