Physical & aggregate · 2024
TOC in Kansas City, KS tap water
Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows TOC at or above the federal limit (0.3 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 9.3× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range Range Detected | 2.6–3.1 mg/L | 0.3 mg/L MCL |
Average System-wide | 2.8 mg/L | 0.3 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About TOC
Total organic carbon — a measure of organic material dissolved in the water.
Not harmful itself, but it is the raw material that forms disinfection byproducts; removal is a treatment requirement.
How Kansas City, KS compares
4 of the 211 systems measuring TOC on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting TOC:
People also ask
+Is there TOC in Kansas City, KS tap water?
Yes — Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists TOC at 2.8 mg/L. Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows TOC at or above the federal limit (0.3 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 9.3× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for TOC in drinking water?
The federal MCL for TOC is 0.3 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is TOC?
Total organic carbon — a measure of organic material dissolved in the water. Not harmful itself, but it is the raw material that forms disinfection byproducts; removal is a treatment requirement.
+Which other U.S. cities have TOC over the federal limit?
4 of the 211 systems on The Water Map measuring TOC report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Centennial, CO, Gilbert, AZ, Pueblo, CO.
+Where does this TOC measurement come from?
This page reproduces the TOC entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Kansas City, KS water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/ks/kansas-city/2024/source.