Disinfectants · 2023
Chloramine in Overland Park, KS tap water
Overland Park, KS's 2023 Chloramine level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (4 MRDL) — measured but not in violation.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range WaterOne | 2–3.8 | 4 MRDL |
Reported level WaterOne | 3 | 4 MRDL |
Verbatim from Overland Park, KS's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Chloramine
A longer-lasting disinfectant made by combining chlorine with ammonia.
Holds disinfection further into the pipe network, but is regulated under the same residual-disinfectant cap as chlorine.
How Overland Park, KS compares
5 of the 106 systems measuring Chloramine on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Chloramine:
People also ask
+Is there Chloramine in Overland Park, KS tap water?
Yes — Overland Park, KS's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chloramine at 2–3.8. Overland Park, KS's 2023 Chloramine level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (4 MRDL) — measured but not in violation.
+What's the federal limit for Chloramine in drinking water?
The federal MRDL for Chloramine is 4 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Chloramine?
A longer-lasting disinfectant made by combining chlorine with ammonia. Holds disinfection further into the pipe network, but is regulated under the same residual-disinfectant cap as chlorine.
+Which other U.S. cities have Chloramine over the federal limit?
5 of the 106 systems on The Water Map measuring Chloramine report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Hollywood, FL, Centennial, CO, Pueblo, CO.
+Where does this Chloramine measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Chloramine entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Overland Park, 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/overland-park/2023/source.