Kansas
Cherokee County drinking water quality
18 active public water systems serve 19,138 people in Cherokee County. 7 are compliant, 11 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 0 carry a health flag.
Community water systems
16 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Baxter Springs, City of Baxter Springs |
3,852 | 1 | 0 | |
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Columbus, City of Columbus |
2,882 | 0 | 0 | |
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Galena, City of Galena |
2,743 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Cherokee CO Rwd 3 Columbus |
1,900 | 5 | 2 | |
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Cherokee CO Rwd 4 Scammon |
1,500 | 1 | 1 | |
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Cherokee CO Rwd 8 Riverton |
1,235 | 0 | 0 | |
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Cherokee CO Rwd 2 Riverton |
943 | 0 | 0 | |
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Cherokee CO Rwd 9 Riverton |
900 | 2 | 0 | |
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Weir, City of Weir |
566 | 0 | 0 | |
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Cherokee CO Rwd 1 Crestline |
520 | 0 | 0 | |
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Cherokee CO Rwd 5 Mccune |
480 | 0 | 0 | |
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Scammon, City of Scammon |
370 | 0 | 0 | |
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Cherokee CO Rwd 7 Pittsburg |
158 | 1 | 0 | |
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West Mineral, City of West Mineral |
150 | 3 | 0 | |
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Roseland, City of Roseland |
73 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Public Wholesale Wsd 19 Columbus |
1 | 4 | 2 |
Non-community systems (2: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Riverton School Riverton |
840 | 1 | 0 | |
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Hyz INC Hai Ying Baxter Springs |
25 | 3 | 1 |
Inactive systems (7, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Kansas records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.