Is BRANSON PWS's water safe to drink?
BRANSON PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 12,640 people get their water from it, across 4,143 connections.
BRANSON PWS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BRANSON PWS ranks 6,855th by violation burden (47th percentile) - 5 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How BRANSON PWS compares within MO
Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - BRANSON PWS's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BRANSON PWS is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 1996-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BRANSON 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); Surface Water Treatment 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
BRANSON 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 - 2 health-based violations on file for BRANSON 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.