KANSAS PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORT CALENDAR YEAR 2020 Lee A. Norman, M.D., Secretary Leo G. Henning, Director, Division of Environment Tom Stiles, Director, Bureau of Water Cathy Tucker-Vogel, PWS Section Chief i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 1 COMPLIANCE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................. 1 PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................ 3 DRINKING WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS .............................................................................................. 5 MONITORING WAIVERS.................................................................................................................................... 7 State-Wide Waivers............................................................................................................................................. 7 Use Waivers ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT RULE .................................................................................................... 9 DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS RULE ............................................................................................................ 10 Bromate ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Chlorite .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) ............................................................................................................................. 12 Total Organic Carbons (TOC) ....................................................................................................................... 12 Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) .................................................................................................................... 12 GROUND WATER RULE ................................................................................................................................... 12 LEAD AND COPPER RULE ............................................................................................................................... 13 PHASE II/V CHEMICAL CONTAMINANT RULES ........................................................................................ 14 Inorganic Contaminants .................................................................................................................................... 14 Arsenic ........................................................................................................................................................... 15 Asbestos ......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Fluoride .......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Nitrate ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 Selenium ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 Synthetic Organic Contaminants ....................................................................................................................... 16 Atrazine ......................................................................................................................................................... 17 Volatile Organic Contaminants ......................................................................................................................... 17 RADIONUCLIDES RULE ................................................................................................................................... 19 Gross Alpha Excluding Radon and Uranium ................................................................................................ 19 Combined Uranium ....................................................................................................................................... 19 Combined Radium ......................................................................................................................................... 19 SURFACE WATER TREATMENT RULE ......................................................................................................... 20 TOTAL COLIFORM RULE / REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE ............................................................. 21 ii ADDITIONAL PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................... 24 BOIL WATER ADVISORIES ............................................................................................................................. 24 PUBLIC NOTIFICATION RULE ........................................................................................................................ 24 OPERATOR CERTIFICATION .......................................................................................................................... 25 GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE RESULTS ACT ......................................................................................... 26 KANSAS PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ................................................................ 26 KANSAS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ...................................................................................... 26 KANSAS PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY LOAN FUND (KPWSLF) ..................................................................... 27 COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE AND ENFORCEMENT ................................................................................... 27 SANITARY SURVEY INSPECTIONS ............................................................................................................... 28 DRINKING WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM……………………………………………………………..28 NON-REGULATED CONTAMINANTS……………………………………………………………………….28 CHARTS Chart 1: POPULATION AND PERCENTAGES COMMUNITY SYSTEMS ....................................................4 Chart 2: PRIMARY SOURCE WATER COMMUNITY SYSTEMS ...................................................................4 Chart 3: COMMUNITY SYSTEMS BY POPULATION SERVED .....................................................................5 Chart 4: CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT METHODS AND APPROACHES ........................................9 Chart 5: REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE VIOLATION DETERMINATION FACTORS ...................23 TABLES Table 1: COMPLIANCE PERCENTAGES ..........................................................................................................2 Table 2: PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM TYPES ......................................................................................3 Table 3: TOTAL NUMBER OF PWS BY TYPE, WATER SOURCE AND POPULATION ............................3 Table 4: HISTORICAL TOTAL CONTAMINANT COMPLIANCE RESULTS ................................................6 Table 5: SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS (SOC) USE WAIVERS ................................................8 Table 6: REGULATED SYNTHETIC CONTAMINANTS (SOCs). ..................................................................8 Table 7: REGULATED DBPS AND DBP PRECUSORS ..................................................................................11 Table 8: REGULATED INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS (IOC) .....................................................................15 Table 9: REGULATED SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS (SOC) .................................................16 Table 10: REGULATED VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS (VOC) .................................................18 Table 11: REGULATED RADIONUCLIDES ....................................................................................................19 Table 12: TYPES OF RTCR VIOLATIONS ........................................................................................................21 Table 13: SUMMARY OF BACTERIOLOGICAL MONITORING RESULTS 2018 ......................................24 Table 14: CERTIFIED OPERATOR CLASSESS ...............................................................................................25 Table 15: CERTIFIED OPERATORS BY CLASS IN KANSAS .......................................................................26 Table 16: GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE RESULTS ACT ........................................................................26 APPENDIXES CONTAMINANT VIOLATIONS......................................................................................................... Appendix A MAPS AND TABLES OF VIOALTIONS............................................................................................ Appendix B PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SECTION STAFF ................................................................................... Appendix C iii Reverse Osmosis Filtration Modules The KDHE public water supply program helps protect the health of Kansas citizens by