Is BONNE TERRE PWS's water safe to drink?
BONNE TERRE PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,537 people get their water from it, across 1,597 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BONNE TERRE PWS ranks 67th by violation burden (99th percentile) - 126 violations total, 107 health-baseds.
How BONNE TERRE PWS compares within MO
Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - BONNE TERRE PWS's 107 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BONNE TERRE PWS is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2016-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BONNE TERRE 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)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228); Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
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
BONNE TERRE PWS's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 107 health-based violations on file for BONNE TERRE PWS - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.