Aquatell

Kansas

The 12 hardness figures we’ve verified run from 4.9 to 19 grains per gallon, with a median of 8.8; 92% are hard or very hard.

How the 12 figures spread across the bands

  • Soft 0
  • Slightly hard 0
  • Moderately hard 1
  • Hard 8
  • Very hard 3
Hardness
8.8 gpg medianAverage 9.7 gpg (166 ppm), from 4.9 to 19. Each published figure counts once in the average, median and spread; a figure published as a range is shown as its range and isn't averaged.
Coverage
12 places12 listings as published
Disinfectant
4 of 5use chloramine; 1 use chlorine

Every place we have

Sources are each city’s water quality report or its utility. Gather the listings up by place or by the water system that serves them, or see every listing as published; open a group to see what’s in it.

12 places

On the scaleDisinfectantSourcesAsk Aqua
Kansas City
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 19 gpg330 ppm, very hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Topeka
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 11 gpg190 ppm, very hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Olathe
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 11 gpg180 ppm, very hard Chlorine Disinfectant
St. Joseph
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 10 gpg177 ppm, hard –
Lawrence
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 9.7 gpg165 ppm, hard –
Berryton
 8.8 gpg150 ppm, hard – Hardness
Wichita
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 8.8 gpg150 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Lenexa
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 8.4 gpg143 ppm, hard –
Overland Park
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 8.4 gpg143 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Shawnee
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 8.4 gpg143 ppm, hard –
Winfield
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 8.0 gpg140 ppm, hard –
Manhattan
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 4.9 gpg83 ppm, moderately hard –

Missing your city? Aquatell researches cities on request from the utility’s own reports, usually within a week. A note on a figure says what we found when we checked it: units that didn’t agree, another page with a different figure, a range.

What to do about it

Hard water

Above about 3.5 grains per gallon, scale builds in water heaters, fixtures and appliances. A softener sized for your hardness and household removes it for the whole house.

Water softenersSizing a softener

Chlorine or chloramine

Standard carbon removes chlorine’s taste and smell. Chloramine lasts longer in the pipes and needs catalytic carbon to remove it.

Carbon and chloramine filters

Not sure what you need?

Aqua knows these figures and Aquatell’s treatment charts, and can size a system for your home.

Softeners for Kansas’s water

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