Garden City Municipal Wastewater Laboratory

Looks like a utility or municipal lab

Judging by the name only (this is our label, not the state's). Labs like this usually test their own system. The state list does not say whether it takes samples from the public, so ask before you send one.

At a glance

What it is certified to test

1 of the 9 common well tests on the KS list (see which)

Price

not published on the state list: ask the lab for a quote

Turnaround

not stated on the state list or the lab’s website: ask when you order

Homeowner samples

not stated: ask the lab

Lab facts

Listed by

Kansas (Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) - Environmental Laboratory Improvement Program (ELIPO))

Address

345 South Jennie Barker Road, Garden City, KS 67846-0998 · Open in Google Maps

Phone

(620) 276-1280

Public / homeowner samples

Public samples: ask the lab

Not stated in the list.

Left blank on the list

The Kansas list (version Live database, searched 2026-11-15 ("believed to be accurate at the time of the search")) gives no website for this lab.

Certification record

Certificate ID

KS Lab ID E-60671

Issued by

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) - Environmental Laboratory Improvement Program (ELIPO) (certification program)

Expiry on the list

7/31/2027 · expires in 258 days

List version

KDHE Approved Laboratory Search (AB Manager public database, Matrix: Drinking Water), version Live database, searched 2026-11-15 ("believed to be accurate at the time of the search")

We fetched it

15 Nov 2026 (file SHA-256 02da77ff37dd…) · open the state file

Tests on the state list

• Named on the official list The state list names this analyte (or a column for it) for this lab.
• Group-level certification Certified for a parent group (e.g. 'Inorganics') that includes this analyte. Confirm the specific test with the lab.
• Partial group certification The list marks the group as 'Partial'. Confirm this analyte with the lab.
• Subcontracted The lab sends this analyte to another accredited lab (MDH 'X*').

KDHE lists 2 drinking-water analytes this lab is accredited for. KDHE database: lab type NELAP Primary; 'Commercial?' No; 'Is Primary?' Yes. Not on KDHE's private-well map of certified well water testing laboratories (data last edited 2023-08-10). 'Commercial?' is KDHE's lab-type flag, not a statement about homeowners' samples: call before you send a sample.

Nearest labs that take homeowner samples

No other lab that takes homeowner samples is within 25 miles of this lab; the nearest is 47 miles away. Distances are straight-line from the address on the state list (approx. = ZIP-code centre). “Takes homeowner samples” comes from a state list column or the lab’s own website, as named.

Price and turnaround as printed on each lab’s own website and checked by a second reader; – = not published or not read yet.

Around this lab: Finney County, KS

• Private wells: about 885 people, 2% of Finney County’s 37,118 residents (USGS, 2015); rank 47 of 105 counties in Kansas by people on wells.

• EPA radon zone (indoor air): Zone 1: highest potential (average indoor radon may be greater than 4 pCi/L). EPA says the zone map should not decide whether one home needs testing.
• Arsenic above 10 µg/L (USGS model): about 84 private-well users (95% range 69 to 102; 2010 base), rank 26 of 105 in the state. A screening estimate, not a measurement of any well.
• Older homes (Census ACS 2020–2024): 54% of 14,355 housing units were built before 1980, about the same as the state share of 56%. Homes built before 1986 are more likely to have lead solder or fittings, so test tap water for lead there.
• PFAS in public water nearby (public supply, not your well): 1 public system serving this county reported EPA UCMR 5 results; 0 had a PFOA or PFOS sample at or above 4.0 ng/L.

County figures describe where the lab is, not the lab. Sources: USGS 2015 water use and 2017 arsenic estimates, EPA radon zones, Census ACS table B25034 (2020–2024), EPA UCMR 5 (2023–2026); details and links on the sources page.

Before you send a sample

Call the lab to confirm it's currently certified for the exact test and method, that it accepts samples from homeowners, and how to collect and ship them. Bacteria samples have short holding times. Status can change between list updates. To check a status, contact the Kansas certification program.

Is this your lab?

Labs can ask for corrections through the agency that publishes their state list. Homeowner service, prices and turnaround above come only from the lab’s own website. To ask us to correct or remove this listing, write to us (how we handle listings).