Suburban Water Inc. · Basehor, KansasEmergency 24/7 · 913-724-1800
Serving Leavenworth County since 1985

Clean water,
delivered with care
to every tap.

We're a small Basehor-based utility serving 2,500+ homes, 3 Rural Water Districts and businesses across southern Leavenworth County

100%
EPA reporting compliance, 5-year archive
24 / 7
Emergency dispatch & on-call crew
AMI
Smart meters across the district
Suburban Water service district — aerial view of Basehor, Kansas
System Operational
All zones in service
Last checked 4 minutes ago · No active advisories
Service Area · 48 sq mi
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Water Quality · 2025 Consumer Confidence Report

Every parameter.
Every year.

We sample for over 80 regulated contaminants annually and publish each result. The table below is a live excerpt from our 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — every value compared to its EPA limit, with five years of archives a click away.

FIG. 01· 2025 Water Quality · selected parameters
ParameterResultUnitMCL / Action LevelSourceStatus
Chlorine, free residual0.84ppm≤ 4.0 MCLDisinfection by-product● OK
Lead (90th percentile)< 1.0ppb≤ 15 ppb ALCorrosion of plumbing● OK
Copper (90th percentile)0.04mg/L≤ 1.3 mg/L ALCorrosion of plumbing● OK
Nitrate (as N)2.1mg/L≤ 10 mg/L MCLFertilizer runoff● OK
Turbidity, max0.07NTU≤ 1.0 NTU MCLSoil runoff● OK
Total ColiformND0 positiveNaturally present● OK
TTHM (annual avg)38µg/L≤ 80 µg/L MCLBy-product of disinfection● OK
HAA5 (annual avg)24µg/L≤ 60 µg/L MCLBy-product of disinfection● OK
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For Developers & Contractors

New Infrastructure Design Standards

Minimum requirements for water mains, service connections, meters, fire protection, and main-extension agreements — everything you need to design and build to Suburban Water and KDHE standards.

At a glance
  • Minimum main size6″
  • System pressure20 psi
  • Minimum cover42″
  • Dead-end mains≤ 700 ft
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For Builders & Developers

Charges, applications, and design standards — all in one place.

New meter apps, fire-line applications, engineering studies, and our full developer standards. PDF forms, current rate sheets, and turnaround commitments — all current as of January 2026.