Andover, KS tap water
Part of Andover is supplied by Butler Co RWD 5, plus 2 other utilities. Here's what its water means for your fish.
Disinfectant
Chlorine or chloramine
Utilities here use chlorine or chloramine, depending on which one serves your address. Chlorine slowly gases off from standing water; chloramine doesn't.
Safety for fish and shrimp
Nitrate (NO₃)
Supplier's figure1.3–24 ppm (Worth knowing)
Typical 16 ppm
Water changes can't take your tank's nitrate below this level.
From the utility that supplies it: City of Wichita and City of El Dorado, which supplies Butler Co RWD 5; EPA monitoring data; City of Newton, which supplies Public Wholesale WSD 17 (2012–2025).
Water chemistry
General hardness
Supplier's figure130 ppm
Moderately soft to medium. Suits most community fish and plants.
From the utility that supplies it: City of Wichita, which supplies Butler Co RWD 5 (2025).
Carbonate hardness (alkalinity)
Supplier's figure3–330 ppm
Typical 236 ppm
Strong buffering. pH stays steady and hard to lower without RO water.
From the utility that supplies it: City of Wichita and City of El Dorado, which supplies Butler Co RWD 5; EPA monitoring data; City of Newton, which supplies Public Wholesale WSD 17 (2012–2025).
pH
Supplier's figure7.6–8.5
Typical 7.6
Most community fish do well here. Stable water matters more than the exact number.
From the utility that supplies it: City of Wichita and City of El Dorado, which supplies Butler Co RWD 5; EPA monitoring data; City of Newton, which supplies Public Wholesale WSD 17 (2012–2025).
Total dissolved solids
Supplier's figure540 ppm
A rough measure of everything dissolved in the water. RO water reads near 0, so TDS is a quick way to compare waters.
From the utility that supplies it: City of Wichita, which supplies Butler Co RWD 5 (2025).
Who supplies Andover, KS
Butler Co RWD 5
Serves 18% of residents · Buys water from City of Wichita · Chloramine
Simmons Subdivision Sanitation System
Serves 16% of residents · Groundwater (wells) · Chlorine
Public Wholesale WSD 17
Serves 5% of residents · Buys water from City of Newton · Chlorine
We couldn't fully map which utility serves Andover. These numbers come from the utilities we matched, which serve about 40% of residents.
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