Is ALBANY PWS's water safe to drink?
ALBANY PWS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,100 people get their water from it, across 828 connections.
How this compares nationally
9 total violations and 4 health-based ones put ALBANY PWS at the 66th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,450 of 12,903.
How ALBANY PWS compares within MO
ALBANY PWS's 4 health-based violations sit within the MO average of 6.1, across 327 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ALBANY PWS is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2024-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ALBANY PWS's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Revised Total Coliform Rule
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is ALBANY PWS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and ALBANY PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,450th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.