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Concern has arisen over the amount of water available for those living in Wichita and the surrounding areas. The city has started the Equus Beds Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project to proactively meet future water demands and ensure Wichita water quality meets all necessary standards. Generally, tap water is safe to drink because the Wichita water quality has passed. However, Wichita drinking water is susceptible to contamination from local watersheds because the city uses surface water as its source. Wichita water quality can be affected by agricultural runoff, how wastewater is managed, and industrial operations in the area since its sourced from surface water.

Groundwater contamination was discovered in downtown Wichita in the early 1990s and attributed to unsafe operations by the Apco company. After that contamination was discovered, the city of Wichita had to build a special water treatment facility to clean the site, and this remediation system still operates today, treating over one million gallons of water every day.